Bishop Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1876		Born
28 Oct 1903	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Dec 1919³	43.2	Appointed	Prefect of Célebes, Indonesia
16 Feb 1923	46.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
16 Feb 1923	46.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea
5 Aug 1923	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
14 Nov 1926	50.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
1939²	62.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
30 Aug 1954	78.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Gerard Vesters
Bishop Gerard Vesters M.S.C.
(born 27 Aug 1876, died 30 Aug 1954)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul

Event Place
Birth Place Vucht, Netherlands

a priest for 50.8 years
a bishop for 31.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo †
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis Couppé, M.S.C. †
Titular Bishop of Lerus
Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Byblus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo † (1917)
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C. † (1939)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Otto Raible, S.A.C. † (1935)
Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I. † (1936)
Bishop André Sorin, M.S.C. † (1946)
Bishop John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. † (1949)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q48877554

Source(s):

c2+: AustOceaniaBishops.org
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1923, Number 43

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