Bishop Réginald Cools, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1618		Born
12 Sep 1646	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
16 Nov 1676	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
17 Jan 1677	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
10 May 1700	82.2	Appointed	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
2 Dec 1706	88.8	Died	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Réginald Cools
Bishop Réginald Cools O.P.
(born 28 Jan 1618, died 2 Dec 1706)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}

Event Place
Birth Place Antwerpen

a priest for 60.2 years
a bishop for 29.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alphonse de Berghes †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignaas August Schetz van Grobbendonck †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop François de Baillencourt †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alphonse de Berghes † (1671)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † (1654)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Archbishop Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) † (1635)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Jacques Boonen † (1617)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Pierre Simons † (1585)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)
Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Frans van Horenbeke † (1677)
Bishop Guilelmus Herincx, O.F.M. Rec. † (1677)
Bishop Aubertus van den Eede † (1677)
Bishop Jean-Ferdinand Van Beughem † (1679)
Archbishop Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano † (1683)
Gianantonio Cardinal Davia † (1690)
Bishop Guilielmus (Willem) Bassery † (1691)
Bishop Philips-Erard van der Noot † (1694)
Bishop Angelus d’Ongnies et d’Estrées, O.F.M. Cap. † (1702)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 283578464
WikiData: Q3931868

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 90, and Page 337
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1677, Number 5

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