Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Nov 1792		Born
18 Feb 1815	22.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium
24 Feb 1832	39.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
8 Apr 1832	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
13 Sep 1838	45.8	Elevated to Cardinal
17 Sep 1838	45.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
4 Dec 1867	75.0	Died	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Engelbert Sterckx
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx
(born 2 Nov 1792, died 4 Dec 1867)
Archbishop of Mechelen

Consistory - September 1838: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1846: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Ophem
Ordained Bishop Saint-Rombaut, Cathedral, Malines, Archdiocese of Mechelen

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 35.6 years
a cardinal for 29.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jean Baptiste Robert van Velde de Melroy et Sart-Bomal †
Bishop Emeritus of Roermond
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel †
Bishop of Liège
Bishop Jan Frans (Jean-François) Van de Velde †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Ordained Priest:
Victor-Auguste-Isidore Cardinal Dechamps, C.Ss.R. † (1834)
Bishop Théodore-Joseph Gravez † (1834)
Bishop Charles André Anthonis † (1845)
Father Theophiel (Théophile) Verbist, C.I.C.M. † (1847)
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1850)
Bishop Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SS.CC. † (1862)
Bishop Egidius Jünger † (1862)
Archbishop Charles-Jean Seghers † (1863)
Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding † (1863)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Brondel † (1864)
Archbishop Patrick William Riordan † (1865)
Bishop Alphonse Joseph Glorieux † (1867)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop François-René Boussen † (1833)
Bishop Jean Arnold Barrett † (1833)
Bishop Gaspard-Joseph Labis † (1835)
Bishop Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle † (1836)
Bishop Lodewijk-Jozef Delebecque † (1838)
Raffaele Cardinal Fornari † (1842)
Bishop Jean-Baptist Malou † (1849)
Bishop Théodore Alexis Joseph de Montpellier † (1852)
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Archbishop Auguste Van Heule, S.J. † (1864)
Bishop Hendrik-Frans (Henri-François) Bracq † (1865)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ophem
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Rombaut, Cathedral, Malines, Archdiocese of Mechelen

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/82761
VIAF: 9837452
WikiData: Q607879

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 259
c1: Google Books
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1832, Number 13
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 13 Sep 1838

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