Bishop Jean Le Mire (Miraeus) †

Deceased

Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1560		Born
15 Mar 1604	44.1	Appointed	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
30 May 1604	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
12 Jan 1611	51.0	Died	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Jean Le Mire (Miraeus)
Bishop Jean Le Mire (Miraeus)
(born 6 Jan 1560, died 12 Jan 1611)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}

Event Place
Birth Place Bruxelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen

a bishop for 6.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pieter Damant †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop François Buisseret †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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: 57012146
WikiData: Q1925473

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 87
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1604, Number 14

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