Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) †

Deceased

Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Aug 1506		Born
10 Mar 1561	54.5	Appointed	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
8 Nov 1562	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
13 Mar 1570	63.5	Appointed	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
29 Jun 1576	69.8	Died	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

MicroData Summary for François Sonnius (Van de Velde)
(VIAF: 27046972; WikiData: Q1245193)
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) (born 12 Aug 1506, died 29 Jun 1576) Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}

Event Place
Birth Place Zon
Ordained Bishop Ste Gudule, Bruxelles
Death Place Anvers, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}

a bishop for 13.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pieter de Corte †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Bishop Pepin de Rosa, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Selymbria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Cornelis Jansen † (1568)
Bishop Aegidius (Gilles) Van den Bergh (de Monte), O.F.M. Obs. † (1570)
Bishop Godfried van Mierlo, O.P. † (1571)
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerard d’Hamericourt, O.S.B. † (1563)
Bishop Remigius (Remi) Driutius (Drieux) † (1569)
Bishop Cunerus Petri † (1569)
Bishop Laurent Metz † (1570)
Bishop Ghislain de Vroede † (1570)
Assisted:
Bishop Martin Rythovius (Balduini) † (1562)
Bishop Pepin de Rosa, O.P. † (1562)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zon
Ordained Bishop	Ste Gudule, Bruxelles
Death Place	Anvers, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 111, and Page 137
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1562, Number 10

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠