Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jul 1827		Born
21 Dec 1850	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium
1 Jun 1883	55.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
1 Jun 1883	55.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abdera
24 Jun 1883	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abdera
16 Jul 1883	55.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
24 Mar 1884	56.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
24 May 1889	61.8	Elevated to Cardinal
27 May 1889	61.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
25 Jan 1906	78.5	Died	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

MicroData Summary for Pierre-Lambert Goossens
(VIAF: 81610884; WikiData: Q1353215)
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens (born 18 Jul 1827, died 25 Jan 1906) Archbishop of Mechelen

Consistory - May 1889: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1903: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Perk, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame de Hanswick, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Death Place Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen

a priest for 55.0 years
a bishop for 22.5 years
a cardinal for 16.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Victor-Joseph Doutreloux †
Bishop of Liège
Bishop Victor-Jean-Joseph-Marie van den Branden de Reeth †
Titular Bishop of Erythrum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Jeremiah Lawler † (1885)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Édouard-Joseph Bélin † (1884)
Bishop Henri-Charles-Camille Lambrecht † (1886)
Archbishop Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † (1890)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Decrolière † (1892)
Bishop Josephus Franciscus van der Stappen † (1893)
Bishop Petrus de Brabandere † (1894)
Bishop Joseph van Reeth, S.J. † (1895)
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert † (1895)
Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr. † (1896)
Bishop François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. † (1897)
Bishop Jérôme-Josse Van Aertselaer, C.I.C.M. † (1898)
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. † (1899)
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Bishop Philip Schelfhaut, C.SS.R. † (1902)
Bishop Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. † (1905)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Perk, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest	Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame de Hanswick, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Death Place	Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 69, and Page 374
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 401, and Page 48
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 24 May 1889
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1883, Number 29

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