Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Oct 1909		Born
29 Sep 1933	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium
16 May 1950	40.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
16 May 1950	40.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elusa
29 Jun 1950	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Elusa
31 Jul 1952	42.7	Appointed	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
15 Dec 1984	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
29 Sep 1995	85.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Emiel-Jozef De Smedt
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt
(born 30 Oct 1909, died 29 Sep 1995)
Bishop Emeritus of Brugge {Bruges}

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 Opwijk, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop Saint Rombaut, Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 45.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Oscar Jozef Joliet †
Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
Bishop Leo Jozef Suenens †
Titular Bishop of Isinda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Godfried Cardinal Danneels † (1957)
Bishop Johan Jozef Bonny (1980)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Maurits Gerard De Keyzer † (1962)
Bishop Eugeen Laridon † (1976)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. † (1952)
Bishop Paul Constant Schoenmaekers † (1952)
Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † (1961)
Bishop Jozef-Maria Heuschen † (1962)
Joseph-Léon Cardinal Cardijn † (1965)
Bishop Pierre Samain † (1967)
Bishop Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. † (1968)
Archbishop Josip Žabkar † (1969)
Archbishop Joseph Mees † (1969)
Bishop Jean Huard † (1977)
Godfried Cardinal Danneels † (1977)
Bishop Paul Lanneau † (1982)
Bishop Rémy Victor Vancottem (1982)
Mister Roger Joseph Vangheluwe (1985)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/261781
VIAF: 56833632
WikiData: Q3451409

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 42

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2025
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 28 Sep 2025

✠