Bishop Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S.

Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Feb 1961		Born
23 Jan 1983	21.9	First Vows	Member of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
23 Jan 1988	26.9	Perpetual Vows	Member of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
10 Dec 1988	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
26 Jul 2017	56.4	Appointed	Administrator of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
7 Feb 2018	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
5 May 2018	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

MicroData Summary for Willem Christiaans
(WikiData: Q47993540)
Bishop Willem Christiaans O.S.F.S. (born 12 Feb 1961) Bishop of Keetmanshoop

Event Place
Birth Place Gabis, Vicariate Apostolic of Keetmanshoop
Ordained Bishop Keetmanshoop, Stadium, Keetmanshoop, Diocese of Keetmanshoop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Keetmanshoop.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Protase Rugambwa
Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells
Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis
Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Windhoek

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Protase Rugambwa (2008)
Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma
Polycarp Cardinal Pengo (1984)
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gabis, Vicariate Apostolic of Keetmanshoop
Ordained Bishop	Keetmanshoop, Stadium, Keetmanshoop, Diocese of Keetmanshoop

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Feb 2018
ob: CB, 21 Feb 2018
c2: CB, 27 Apr 2018
c34: CB, 4 May 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 236, Number 19,775

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