Archbishop Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Dec 1913		Born
29 Jun 1938	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
7 Nov 1955	41.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Nov 1955	41.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bennefa
15 Jan 1956	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bennefa
8 Mar 1957	43.2	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Nov 1959	45.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 May 1965	51.4	Resigned	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 May 1965	51.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ausuccura
20 Sep 1976	62.7	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Ausuccura
26 Mar 1983	69.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Louis Van Steene
Archbishop Louis Van Steene M. Afr.
(born 5 Dec 1913, died 26 Mar 1983)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu

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

Event Place
Birth Place Antwerpen, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Scholasticat des Pères Blancs, Herverlé

a priest for 44.7 years
a bishop for 27.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Lagania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †
Titular Bishop of Megara
Bishop Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh †
Titular Bishop of Gilba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. † (1952)
Titular Bishop of Lagania
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 Danilo Catarzi, S.X. † (1962)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. † (1956)
Bishop Gabriel Ukec † (1965)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Antwerpen, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Scholasticat des Pères Blancs, Herverlé

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q60044642

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 5

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