Bishop Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jul 1910		Born
25 Jul 1935	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
31 May 1950	39.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa
31 May 1950	39.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tremithus
25 Jul 1950	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tremithus
11 Jan 1951	40.4	Appointed	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
15 Nov 1975	65.2	Resigned	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
3 Mar 1996	85.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen
Bishop Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen O.P.
(born 31 Jul 1910, died 3 Mar 1996)
Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad

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

Event Place
Birth Place Zwolle, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Dominican, Church, Zwolle, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands

a priest for 60.6 years
a bishop for 45.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johannes Petrus Huibers †
Bishop of Haarlem
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen †
Titular Bishop of Birtha

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Johannes Petrus Huibers † (1936)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Paolo Giobbe † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. † (1977)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zwolle, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop	Dominican, Church, Zwolle, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64763637

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 54

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