Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Nov 1908		Born
15 Aug 1933	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
10 Mar 1949	40.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Mar 1949	40.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belali
17 May 1949	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Belali
10 Nov 1959	50.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Sep 1967	58.8	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Oct 1970	61.8	Resigned	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Oct 1970	61.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Pulcheriopolis
17 May 1986	77.4	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Pulcheriopolis
1 Nov 1992	83.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Bernard Mels
Archbishop Bernard Mels C.I.C.M.
(born 28 Nov 1908, died 1 Nov 1992)
Bishop Emeritus of Luiza

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 Lokeren, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint-Laurent, Church, Lokeren, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

a priest for 59.2 years
a bishop for 43.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Karel Justinus Marie Ernest Calewaert †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Tricca
Bishop Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Acarassus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Karel Justinus Marie Ernest Calewaert † (1948)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I. † (1958)
Bishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo † (1959)
Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga † (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. † (1959)
Bishop François Kabangu wa Mutela † (1967)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lokeren, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Laurent, Church, Lokeren, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13438859

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 33

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