Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten †

Deceased

Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Dec 1841		Born
21 Oct 1866	24.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Liège, Belgium
28 Apr 1867	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Liège, Belgium
16 Dec 1901	59.9	Appointed	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
6 Jan 1902	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
17 Jul 1927	85.5	Died	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

MicroData Summary
Martin-Hubert Rutten
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten
(born 18 Dec 1841, died 17 Jul 1927)
Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

Event Place
Birth Place Geystingen
Ordained Bishop Saint-Paul, Cathedral, Liège, Diocese of Liège

a priest for 60.2 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Bishop Charles-Gustave Walravens †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1883)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jacques Laminne † (1919)
Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Joseph Legraive † (1907)
Bishop Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij) † (1916)
Bishop Josef Ludwig Brems, O. Praem. † (1923)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/259263
VIAF: 45881398
WikiData: Q1756393

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 338
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1902, Number 2

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