Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jul 1904		Born
4 Sep 1927	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium
12 Nov 1945	41.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
12 Nov 1945	41.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Isinda
16 Dec 1945	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Isinda
24 Nov 1961	57.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
24 Nov 1961	57.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Belgium, Military
19 Mar 1962	57.6	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Mar 1962	57.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
1979	74.4	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Belgium, Military
4 Oct 1979	75.2	Retired	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
6 May 1996	91.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

MicroData Summary for Leo Jozef Suenens
(VIAF: 71398110; WikiData: Q544424)
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens (born 16 Jul 1904, died 6 May 1996) Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

Consistory - 1962: Created Cardinal
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Sisters of Maternal Charity, Clinic, Ixelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Death Place Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

a priest for 68.6 years
a bishop for 50.3 years
a cardinal for 34.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Étienne Joseph Carton de Wiart †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Jean Marie van Cauwenbergh †
Titular Bishop of Synaus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Rémy Victor Vancottem (1969)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop André Creemers, O.S.C. † (1955)
Bishop Jules Victor Daem † (1962)
Bishop Léonce Albert Van Peteghem † (1964)
Joseph-Léon Cardinal Cardijn † (1965)
Bishop Gabriel Ukec † (1965)
Archbishop Jean Jadot † (1968)
Archbishop Henri Lemaître † (1969)
Bishop Jean Huard † (1977)
Godfried Cardinal Danneels † (1977)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Oscar Jozef Joliet † (1948)
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt † (1950)
Bishop Paul Constant Schoenmaekers † (1952)
Bishop Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh † (1954)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sisters of Maternal Charity, Clinic, Ixelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest	Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Death Place	Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

Source(s):

ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 145, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1945, Number 67
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 296, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 423, Ascendance

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