Bishop Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Mar 1911		Born
24 Aug 1934	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
21 Sep 1949	38.5	Appointed	Prefect of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Jul 1962	51.2	Appointed	Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Sep 1962	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Aug 1987	76.4	Retired	Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Apr 1990	79.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Joseph Ignace Waterschoot
Bishop Joseph Ignace Waterschoot O. Praem.
(born 16 Mar 1911, died 20 Apr 1990)
Bishop Emeritus of Lolo

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Oud-Turnhout, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Abdij van Postel, Mol, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
Death Place Abdij van Postel, Mol, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium

a priest for 55.6 years
a bishop for 27.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †
Archbishop of Coquilhatville
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †
Titular Bishop of Megara
Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop of Lisala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † (1947)
Archbishop of Coquilhatville
Bishop Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Corone
Bishop Honoré-Joseph Coppieters † (1927)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Archbishop Jozef-Ernest 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 Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke † (1983)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q60051125

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 133

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