Bishop Guilelmus Herincx, O.F.M. Rec. †

Deceased

Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Oct 1621		Born
24 Sep 1644	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Recollect
13 Sep 1677	55.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
24 Oct 1677	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
17 Aug 1678	56.8	Died	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

MicroData Summary
Guilelmus Herincx
Bishop Guilelmus Herincx O.F.M. Rec.
(born 3 Oct 1621, died 17 Aug 1678)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)

Event Place
Birth Place Helmond

a priest for 33.8 years
a bishop for .8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alphonse de Berghes †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François de Baillencourt †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Bishop Réginald Cools, O.P. †
Bishop of Roermond

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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 54488720
WikiData: Q15485629

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 420
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1677, Number 36

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