Bishop Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.

Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Sep 1941		Born
1961²	19.2	Entered	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
6 Mar 1968	26.4	Perpetual Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
12 Sep 1970	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
19 Dec 2003	62.2	Appointed	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
1 Feb 2004	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
27 Nov 2019	78.1	Retired	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
27 Aug 2022⁸	80.9	Elevated to Cardinal

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ⁸ Did Not Take Effect

MicroData Summary for Lucas Van Looy
(WikiData: Q363701)
Bishop Lucas Van Looy S.D.B. (born 28 Sep 1941) Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Ad Limina - May 2010: Bishop
Consistory - 2022: Declined before being Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Tielen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest Oud-Heverlee
Ordained Bishop Saint Bavon, Cathedral, Gent, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paul Constant Schoenmaekers †
Titular Bishop of Acarassus
Principal Consecrator:
Godfried Cardinal Danneels †
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arthur Luysterman
Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Paul Van den Berghe
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Godfried Cardinal Danneels † (1977)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens † (1945)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
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 Lodewijk Aerts (2016)
Bishop Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O. (2020)
Ángel Cardinal Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (2024)
Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tielen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest	Oud-Heverlee
Ordained Bishop	Saint Bavon, Cathedral, Gent, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Number 14,522
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 27 Nov 2019
card: Bollettino, 29 May 2022
~card: CB, 16 Jun 2022

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