Archbishop Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mbandaka-Bikoro

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Feb 1914		Born	Borlo, Belgium
6 Aug 1939	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
21 Apr 1964	50.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Jun 1964	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Nov 1977	63.8	Resigned	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Aug 1978	64.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 39.0 years
a bishop for 14.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. †
Bishop Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C. † (1964)
Archbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † (1947)
Bishop Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. † (1933)
Bishop Onorato Giuseppe Coppieters † (1927)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M.
Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †

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