Archbishop Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

Titular Archbishop of Samosata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1884		Born
26 Aug 1909	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands
5 Feb 1932	47.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
5 Feb 1932	47.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cardicium
19 Mar 1932	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cardicium
26 Mar 1932	47.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
31 Dec 1957	73.4	Retired	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
31 Dec 1957	73.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Samosata
22 Jul 1960	75.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

MicroData Summary
Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens
Archbishop Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens
(born 26 Jul 1884, died 22 Jul 1960)
Bishop Emeritus of Roermond

Event Place
Birth Place Schimmert, Diocese of Roermond
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Roermond, Diocese of Roermond

a priest for 50.9 years
a bishop for 28.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen †
Archbishop of Utrecht
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans †
Bishop of Breda
Bishop Arnold Frans Diepen †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † (1930)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Mocissus
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. † (1933)
Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen † (1947)
Archbishop John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † (1950)
Bishop Frans Simons, S.V.D. † (1952)
Bishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A. † (1954)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Franciscus (Frans) Joosten, C.I.C.M. † (1932)
Bishop Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. † (1933)
Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. † (1933)
Bishop Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † (1934)
Archbishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts † (1942)
Archbishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten † (1945)
Bishop Stephanus Jozef Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.Ss.R. † (1946)
Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink † (1951)
Bishop Pieter Antoon Nierman † (1956)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 81034649
WikiData: Q1970560

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1932, Number 12
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 286, Ascendance

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