Bishop Theophile Meerschaert †

Deceased

Bishop of Oklahoma, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1847		Born
23 Dec 1871	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
2 Jun 1891	43.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA
2 Jun 1891	43.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sidyma
8 Sep 1891	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sidyma
17 Aug 1905	57.9	Appointed	Bishop of Oklahoma, USA
21 Feb 1924	76.4	Died	Bishop of Oklahoma, USA

MicroData Summary
Theophile Meerschaert
Bishop Theophile Meerschaert
(born 24 Aug 1847, died 21 Feb 1924)
Bishop of Oklahoma

Event Place
Birth Place Russignies, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Priest Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Ste Marie, Cathedral, Natchez, Diocese of Natchez, Mississippi
Death Place Oklahoma City, Diocese of Oklahoma
Buried Place (Original) Fairlawn, Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Diocese of Oklahoma
Buried Place (Current) Bishops's Vault, Resurrection, Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Diocese of Oklahoma

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 32.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Charles André Anthonis †
Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens †
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Fitzgerald †
Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas
Bishop Thomas Heslin †
Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens † (1881)
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Archbishop James Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Archbishop Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar † (1899)
Archbishop James Hubert Blenk, S.M. † (1899)
Bishop Ferdinand Brossart † (1916)
Archbishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † (1918)
Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard † (1918)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 31238220
WikiData: Q7782269

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 518
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1891, Number 41
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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