Bishop Albert Louis Descamps †

Deceased

Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Titular Bishop of Tunes

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jun 1916		Born
5 Oct 1941	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
3 Nov 1960	44.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
3 Nov 1960	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tunes
27 Dec 1960	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tunes
1964²	47.5	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
21 Mar 1973	56.7	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
15 Oct 1980	64.3	Died	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Albert Louis Descamps
Bishop Albert Louis Descamps
(born 27 Jun 1916, died 15 Oct 1980)
Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission

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 Escanaffles, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tournai, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
Death Place Louvainla-la-Neuve

a priest for 39.0 years
a bishop for 19.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles-Marie Himmer †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh †
Titular Bishop of Gilba
Bishop André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles-Marie Himmer † (1949)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Robert-Joseph Mathen † (1974)
Bishop Eugeen Laridon † (1976)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Escanaffles, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tournai, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
Death Place	Louvainla-la-Neuve

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/116541
VIAF: 24615494
WikiData: Q2831109

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 130

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