Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Liège

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jan 1910		Born	Liège
11 Sep 1932	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Liège, Belgium
9 Jul 1951	41.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Belgium
9 Jul 1951	41.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Druas
8 Sep 1951	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Druas
7 Dec 1961	51.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
17 Mar 1986	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
2 Apr 2004	94.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium

a priest for 71.6 years
a bishop for 52.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen † (1951)
Archbishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goosens † (1883)
Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864)
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jozef-Maria Heuschen †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Creemers, O.S.C. †
Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †
Bishop Paul Schruers †
Godfried Cardinal Danneels
Bishop Paul Van den Berghe
Bishop Paul Lanneau
Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau
Bishop Aloysius Jousten

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