Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Voncaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1877		Born
28 Oct 1903	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
24 Mar 1924	46.5	Appointed	Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa
8 Apr 1935	57.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Voncaria
8 Apr 1935	57.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa
30 May 1935	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Voncaria
12 Feb 1948	70.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa
9 Dec 1948	71.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa
22 May 1950	72.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

MicroData Summary for Léon Klerlein
(WikiData: Q64734859)
Bishop Léon Klerlein C.S.Sp. (born 18 Aug 1877, died 22 May 1950) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem

Event Place
Birth Place Oberhaslach, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop Sœurs de Notre-Dame, Chapel, Kroonstad, Vicariate Apostolic of Kroonstad
Death Place Harrismith

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 14.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Fesseë
Bishop Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. †
Titular Bishop of Coptus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
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

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1951
c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 39

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