Bishop Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M.

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia

Titular Bishop of Utimma

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 May 1938		Born
2 Sep 1957	19.2	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Mission
19 Mar 1964	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
9 Jul 1998	60.1	Appointed	Prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia
23 Jul 2009	71.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
23 Jul 2009	71.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Utimma
30 Aug 2009	71.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Utimma
10 Nov 2013	75.4	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia

MicroData Summary
Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven)
Bishop Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven) C.M.
(born 22 May 1938)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte

Ad Limina - October 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Rijswijk, Netherlands

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Nekemte.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Abraham Desta
Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici
Bishop Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. (1998)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Paulos Cardinal Tzadua † (1973)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † (1958)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai † (1951)
Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Markos Ghebremedhin, C.M. (2010)
Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2418847

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 23 Jul 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 199, Number 16,267
r: Bollettino, 10 Nov 2013

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