Bishop Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1902		Born
17 Jul 1927	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
15 Jan 1960	57.1	Appointed	Prefect of Ngong, Kenya
16 Jan 1964	61.1	Appointed	Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya
19 Mar 1964	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya
20 Mar 1976	73.3	Retired	Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya
28 Nov 1980	78.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

MicroData Summary
Joannes de Reeper
Bishop Joannes de Reeper M.H.M.
(born 19 Nov 1902, died 28 Nov 1980)
Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu

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 's-Hertogenbosch, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
Ordained Bishop 's-Hertogenbosch, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 16.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. †
Titular Bishop of Gargara
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †
Titular Bishop of Castra Nova
Bishop Maurice Michael Otunga †
Bishop of Kisii

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers † (1957)
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Bishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts † (1942)
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Archbishop Johannes de Jong † (1935)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans † (1914)
Bishop of Breda
Archbishop Hendrik (Henricus) van de Wetering † (1895)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Gaspard Josephus Martinus Bottemanne † (1883)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Pieter Matthijs (Petrus Mathias) Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of Münster
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. † (1967)
Bishop Tiberius Charles Mugendi † (1970)
Bishop Philip Sulumeti † (1972)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2477952

Source(s):

c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 22

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