Bishop Jean-François Cuvelier, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Circesium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jan 1882		Born
8 Oct 1900	18.7	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
22 Sep 1906	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
28 Jun 1929	47.4	Appointed	Prefect of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Jul 1930	48.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Jul 1930	48.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Circesium
24 Aug 1930	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Circesium
May 1938³	56.2	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Aug 1962	80.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Jean-François Cuvelier
(VIAF: 37297040; WikiData: Q6170485)
Bishop Jean-François Cuvelier C.SS.R. (born 24 Jan 1882, died 13 Aug 1962) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Matadi

Event Place
Birth Place Hal, Belgium

a priest for 55.8 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Tricca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antoon Demets, C.SS.R. † (1946)
Bishop Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. † (1949)
Bishop Arnold Boghaert, C.SS.R. † (1957)

Source(s):

op/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 51

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