Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1902		Born
8 Sep 1928	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
25 Jun 1950	47.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Jun 1950	47.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Acmonia
21 Sep 1950	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Acmonia
10 Nov 1959	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Mar 1971	68.2	Appointed	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr 1974	71.3	Resigned	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Oct 1981	78.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Victor Petrus Keuppens
Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens O.F.M.
(born 15 Dec 1902, died 11 Oct 1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi

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 Turnhout, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint Pierre, Church, Turnhout, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium

a priest for 53.0 years
a bishop for 31.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Uccula
Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Berenice

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. † (1962)
Bishop Barthélémy Malunga † (1969)
Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa † (1974)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Turnhout, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Saint Pierre, Church, Turnhout, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium

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WikiData: Q64760060

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 74

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