Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Tadamata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Oct 1900		Born
29 Jun 1926	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
14 Dec 1944	44.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Dec 1944	44.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
4 Mar 1945	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
10 Jan 1952	51.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Nov 1959	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Apr 1963	62.4	Resigned	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Apr 1963	62.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tadamata
8 Jan 1968	67.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Richard Cleire
Bishop Richard Cleire M. Afr.
(born 28 Oct 1900, died 8 Jan 1968)
Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Anvers

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 22.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Berenice
Bishop Urbanus Stephanus Mauritius Cornelius (Urbain Étienne) Morlion, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. † (1957)
Bishop Danilo Catarzi, S.X. † (1962)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64732910

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1945, Number 9

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