Godfried Cardinal Danneels †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jun 1933		Born
17 Aug 1957	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
4 Nov 1977	44.4	Appointed	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
18 Dec 1977	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
19 Dec 1979	46.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
15 Sep 1980	47.2	Appointed	Bishop of Belgium, Military
2 Feb 1983	49.6	Elevated to Cardinal
2 Feb 1983	49.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
18 Jan 2010	76.6	Retired	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
27 Feb 2010	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Belgium, Military
14 Mar 2019	85.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

MicroData Summary for Godfried Danneels
(VIAF: 95176718; WikiData: Q44882)
Godfried Cardinal Danneels (born 4 Jun 1933, died 14 Mar 2019) Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

Consistory - 1983: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Kanegem, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}
Ordained Priest Brugge, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}
Ordained Bishop Saint-Jacques, Church, Anvers, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
Death Place Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

a priest for 61.5 years
a bishop for 41.2 years
a cardinal for 36.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Principal Consecrator:
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens †
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Bishop Jules Victor Daem †
Bishop Emeritus of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
Bishop Jean Huard †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †
Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens † (1945)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
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

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Luc Terlinden (1998)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Luc Terlinden (1999)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Van den Berghe (1980)
Bishop Paul Lanneau † (1982)
Bishop Rémy Victor Vancottem (1982)
Bishop Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. † (1982)
Mister Roger Joseph Vangheluwe (1985)
Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau (1986)
Bishop Jan De Bie (1987)
Archbishop André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard (1991)
Bishop Aloys Jousten † (2001)
Jozef Cardinal De Kesel (2002)
Bishop Guy Harpigny (2003)
Bishop Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. (2004)
Bishop Johan Jozef Bonny (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Arthur Luysterman (1990)
Bishop Patrick Hoogmartens (1997)
Bishop Jean-Luc Hudsyn (2011)
Bishop Léon Lemmens † (2011)
Bishop Jean Kockerols (2011)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kanegem, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}
Ordained Priest	Brugge, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Jacques, Church, Anvers, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
Death Place	Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 18 Jan 2010
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 145
d: CB, 14 Mar 2019
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1977, Number 151
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 47, Number 3,243

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