Bishop Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Titular Bishop of Uzalis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1886		Born
1908²	21.7	Perpetual Vows	Member of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
25 Jul 1909	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
2 Feb 1927	40.8	Appointed	Prefect of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Jan 1948	61.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
8 Jan 1948	61.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Apr 1948	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
3 Dec 1951	65.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Gérard Wantenaar
(WikiData: Q16027589)
Bishop Gérard Wantenaar M.H.M. (born 19 Mar 1886, died 3 Dec 1951) Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu

Event Place
Birth Place Soest, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Soest, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Death Place Basankusu, Vicariate Apostolic of Basankusu

a priest for 42.3 years
a bishop for 3.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. †
Titular Bishop of Cediae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Joseph Anthony Bouter, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Nellore
Bishop Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C. †
Titular Bishop of Trisipa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. † (1936)
Titular Bishop of Cediae
Bishop Johannes Petrus Huibers † (1936)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Paolo Giobbe † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Soest, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop	Soest, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Death Place	Basankusu, Vicariate Apostolic of Basankusu

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 27
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 6, Column 1,102, to Column 1,104

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