Bishop Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. †

Deceased

Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands

Events

Date	Event	Title
8 Aug 1561	Appointed	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
5 Dec 1563	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
3 Oct 1568	Installed	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
7 Oct 1576³	Died	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Johan Knijf
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Bishop Johan Knijf O.F.M. Obs. (died 7 Oct 1576) Bishop of Groningen

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Bruxelles
Death Place Groningen, Diocese of Groningen

a bishop for 12.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pepin de Rosa, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Selymbria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Event	Place
Ordained Bishop	Bruxelles
Death Place	Groningen, Diocese of Groningen

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 205
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1563, Number 11
b/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Number 6,283

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a bishop for 12.8 years	Principal Consecrator: Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † Archbishop of Mechelen Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Pepin de Rosa, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Selymbria
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542) Archbishop of Mechelen Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera † Archbishop of Toledo