Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

Titular Bishop of Synaus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1903		Born
18 Apr 1927	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
28 Dec 1960	57.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
28 Dec 1960	57.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Synaus
24 Feb 1961	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Synaus
13 Jul 1990	86.7	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
3 Aug 2001	97.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

MicroData Summary for Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel
(VIAF: 3857151247944744270004; WikiData: Q1940906)
Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel (born 1 Oct 1903, died 3 Aug 2001) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

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 Adegem, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Ordained Bishop Saint Bavon, Cathedral, Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Death Place Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

a priest for 74.2 years
a bishop for 40.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Karel Justinus Marie Ernest Calewaert †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Bishop Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †
Titular Bishop of Druas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Karel Justinus Marie Ernest Calewaert † (1948)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop André de Witte † (1968)
Jozef Cardinal De Kesel (1972)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. † (1982)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Adegem, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Ordained Bishop	Saint Bavon, Cathedral, Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Death Place	Gand, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 21

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