Bishop Joseph Willy Romélus †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Jérémie, Haïti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1931		Born
13 Jul 1958	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Les Cayes, Haïti
26 Apr 1977	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
26 Jun 1977	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
6 Aug 2009	78.5	Retired	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
12 Aug 2025	94.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Jérémie, Haïti

MicroData Summary
Joseph Willy Romélus
Bishop Joseph Willy Romélus
(born 17 Jan 1931, died 12 Aug 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Jérémie

Ad Limina - March 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Arniquet, Diocese of Les Cayes
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Les Cayes, Diocese of Les Cayes
Death Place Arniquet, Diocese of Les Cayes

a priest for 67.0 years
a bishop for 48.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop François-Wolff Ligondé †
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Conti †
Titular Archbishop of Gratiana
Bishop Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor †
Bishop of Les Cayes

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop François-Wolff Ligondé † (1966)
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
Archbishop Antonio Samorè † (1950)
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
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 Frantz Colímon, S.M.M. † (1978)
Bishop Jean Alix Verrier † (1986)
Archbishop Hubert Constant, O.M.I. † (1991)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 164952746
WikiData: Q1646818

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 6 Aug 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 43, Number 2,870
d: CB, 12 Aug 2025

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