Bishop Pierre Simons †

Deceased

Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1538¹		Born
3 Sep 1584	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
13 Jan 1585	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
5 Oct 1605	67.7	Died	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Pierre Simons
(VIAF: 171703729; WikiData: Q41719366)
Bishop Pierre Simons (born 1538, died 5 Oct 1605) Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)

Event Place
Birth Place Thielt
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tournai, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}
Death Place Ypres, Diocese of Ypres (Ieper)

a bishop for 20.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Maximilien Morillon †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mathieu Moullart, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Arras
Bishop Jean Six †
Bishop of Saint-Omer

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gilbert Maes † (1594)
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pieter Damant † (1590)
Bishop Mathias Lambrecht † (1596)
Bishop Hendrik van Cuyck † (1596)
Bishop Jacques Blaze (Blaes), O.F.M. Obs. † (1597)
Bishop Louis Michel d’Esne † (1597)
Bishop Jean du Ploich † (1602)
Archbishop David Kearney † (1603)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Thielt
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tournai, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}
Death Place	Ypres, Diocese of Ypres (Ieper)

Source(s):

b: Les Évèques et les Archevèques de France
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 338
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,519
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1585, Number 2

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