Bishop Adam Charles Claessens †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia

Titular Archbishop of Siraces

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jun 1818		Born
17 Dec 1842	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
16 Jun 1874	55.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
16 Jun 1874	55.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia
2 Feb 1875	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia
4 Jan 1884	65.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Siraces
23 May 1893³	74.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
10 Jul 1895	77.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Adam Charles Claessens
(VIAF: 281517818; WikiData: Q13428289)
Bishop Adam Charles Claessens (born 18 Jun 1818, died 10 Jul 1895) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia

Event Place
Birth Place Sittard, Vicariate Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Sittard, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

a priest for 52.5 years
a bishop for 20.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Petrus Maria Vrancken †
Titular Archbishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henricus van Beek †
Bishop of Breda
Bishop Petrus Hendricus Josephus van Ewijk (Ewyk), O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Camachus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Petrus Maria Vrancken † (1847)
Titular Archbishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
Bishop Joannes Augustinus Paredis † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Hirina
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of Münster
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sittard, Vicariate Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
Ordained Bishop	Sittard, Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 522, and Page 560
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1875, Number 12

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