Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Nov 1890		Born
8 Sep 1915	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
21 Jun 1922	31.5	Appointed	Prefect of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Dec 1933	43.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Berenice
11 Dec 1933	43.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Feb 1934	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Berenice
10 Nov 1959	68.9	Appointed	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Aug 1963	72.7	Died	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary for Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen)
(WikiData: Q2596944)
Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen) M. Afr. (born 28 Nov 1890, died 19 Aug 1963) Bishop of Bunia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Hoogboom-Eeckeren, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint-Amand, Church, Anvers
Death Place Bunia, Diocese of Bunia

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 29.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Jean Marie van Cauwenbergh †
Titular Bishop of Synaus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † (1938)
Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. † (1943)
Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † (1945)
Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. † (1950)
Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. † (1950)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hoogboom-Eeckeren, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Amand, Church, Anvers
Death Place	Bunia, Diocese of Bunia

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1934, Number 16
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 7, Column 341, to Column 343

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