Bishop Jacobus Gerardus Schepers, C.Ss.R. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles

Titular Bishop of Milopotamos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1798		Born
20 Apr 1829	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
20 Sep 1843	45.0	Appointed	Administrator of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
7 Sep 1852	54.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
7 Sep 1852	54.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos
7 Sep 1853	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos
27 Nov 1863	65.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles

MicroData Summary
Jacobus Gerardus Schepers
Bishop Jacobus Gerardus Schepers C.Ss.R.
(born 18 Aug 1798, died 27 Nov 1863)
Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname

Event Place
Birth Place Dingden, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Grand, Seminary, Bois le Duc, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

a priest for 34.6 years
a bishop for 10.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †
Archbishop of Utrecht
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johannes van Hooydonk †
Bishop of Breda
Bishop Johannes van Genk †
Titular Bishop of Adrana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of Münster
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dingden, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop	Grand, Seminary, Bois le Duc, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16560827

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 378
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1853, Number 37
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 33, Number 1,865

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