Bishop Émile-Jean Seghers †

Deceased

Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Sep 1855		Born
21 Sep 1878	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
22 Mar 1917	61.5	Appointed	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
1 May 1917	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
17 May 1927	71.7	Died	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Émile-Jean Seghers
Bishop Émile-Jean Seghers
(born 3 Sep 1855, died 17 May 1927)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Event Place
Birth Place Gand

a priest for 48.6 years
a bishop for 10.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †
Titular Bishop of Colophon
Bishop Eugène Victor Marie van Rechem †
Titular Bishop of Carpasia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert † (1895)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gaston-Antoine Rasneur † (1924)
Bishop Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. † (1925)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 2766148269767205230002
WikiData: Q2416796

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1917, Number 21

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