Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Gibba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 May 1885		Born
23 Sep 1903	18.3	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
17 May 1917	31.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1922	36.6	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
23 Jun 1931	46.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Jun 1931	46.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uccula
28 Oct 1931	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uccula
10 Nov 1959	74.4	Appointed	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Oct 1960	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Oct 1960	75.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gibba
11 Oct 1964	79.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Alphonse Verwimp
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp S.J.
(born 22 May 1885, died 11 Oct 1964)
Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Gheel, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Turnhout, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Death Place Mol, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium

a priest for 47.4 years
a bishop for 32.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Henri van Schingen, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop Pierre Kimbondo † (1956)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. † (1948)
Bishop Joseph Guffens, S.J. † (1949)
Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. † (1950)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gheel, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Turnhout, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Death Place	Mol, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium

External Link(s):

Jesuit Online Necrology: 97856
WikiData: Q28091733

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1931, Number 59
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 6, Column 1,075, to Column 1,077

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