Bishop Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen [Catholic-Hierarchy]

• ️David M. Cheney
• ️Sun Jul 31 1910

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jul 1910		Born
25 Jul 1935	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
31 May 1950	39.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa
31 May 1950	39.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tremithus
25 Jul 1950	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tremithus
11 Jan 1951	40.4	Appointed	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
15 Nov 1975	65.2	Resigned	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
3 Mar 1996	85.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa

MicroData Summary for Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen
(WikiData: Q64763637)
Bishop Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen O.P. (born 31 Jul 1910, died 3 Mar 1996) Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad

• Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
• Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
• Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
• Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zwolle, Netherlands

a priest for 60.6 years a bishop for 45.6 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Johannes Petrus Huibers † Bishop of Haarlem Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts † Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen † Titular Bishop of Birtha

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. † (1977)

Source(s):

• c2+: CB
• d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
• b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 54

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