Bishop Karel van den Bosch †

Deceased

Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 May 1597		Born
1 Apr 1623	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
7 Jan 1650	52.6	Selected	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
17 Apr 1650	52.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
23 Jul 1651	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
15 Mar 1658	60.8	Selected	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
15 Mar 1660	62.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
5 Apr 1665	67.8	Died	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Karel van den Bosch
Bishop Karel van den Bosch
(born 22 May 1597, died 5 Apr 1665)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Event Place
Birth Place Bruxelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen

a priest for 42.0 years
a bishop for 13.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre Antoine Triest †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) †
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Bishop Jacobus de la Torre †
Titular Bishop of Ephesus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre Antoine Triest † (1617)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François de Robles † (1654)
Archbishop Jean de Wachtendonck † (1654)
Bishop Robert de Haynin † (1662)
Bishop Martin Prats † (1665)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315250028
WikiData: Q2430255

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 122, and Page 193
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1651, Number 16

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