Archbishop Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens †

Deceased

Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Oct 1843		Born
21 Dec 1867	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA
18 Feb 1881	37.3	Appointed	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
1 May 1881	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
7 Aug 1888	44.8	Appointed	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
16 Sep 1888	44.9	Installed	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10 Jun 1897	53.6	Died	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

MicroData Summary for Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens
(VIAF: 10650322; WikiData: Q5481476)
Archbishop Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens (born 17 Oct 1843, died 10 Jun 1897) Archbishop of New Orleans

Event Place
Birth Place Tilburg, Netherlands
Ordained Priest Gent, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop St. Peter, Cathedral, Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
Death Place At Sea

a priest for 29.4 years
a bishop for 16.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hendrik-Frans (Henri-François) Bracq †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Gibbons †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Albert Andrew Becker †
Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware
Bishop John Joseph Keane †
Bishop of Richmond, Virginia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Heslin † (1889)
Bishop Theophile Meerschaert † (1891)
Bishop John Anthony Forest † (1895)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tilburg, Netherlands
Ordained Priest	Gent, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	St. Peter, Cathedral, Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
Death Place	At Sea

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 403, and Page 418
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1881, Number 14
c1: CB, 14 May 2022

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