Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi

Titular Bishop of Theveste

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1854		Born
4 Oct 1875	21.5	Entered	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
15 Sep 1878	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
4 Dec 1889	35.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda
4 Dec 1889	35.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Theveste
25 May 1890	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Theveste
13 Jul 1894	40.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania
12 Dec 1912	58.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Burundi
25 Oct 1920	66.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Kivu, Burundi
6 Jan 1931	76.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi

MicroData Summary for Jean-Joseph Hirth
(VIAF: 54459220; WikiData: Q10862317)
Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth M. Afr. (born 21 Mar 1854, died 6 Jan 1931) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu

Event Place
Birth Place Spechbach-le-Bas, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Priest N.-D. d'Afrique, Basilica, Alger, Archdiocese of Alger, Algeria
Ordained Bishop Bukumbi, Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
Death Place Kabgayi, Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda

a priest for 52.3 years
a bishop for 40.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie †
Archbishop of Alger
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Pacandus
Assisted by:
Father Célestin Hautecoeur, M. Afr.
Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
Father Joseph Couillaud, M. Afr.
Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Pacandus
Charles-Martial-Allemand Cardinal Lavigerie † (1863)
Archbishop of Alger
Clément Cardinal Villecourt † (1836)
Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Henri Streicher, M. Afr. † (1897)
Bishop François Gerboin, M. Afr. † (1897)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Spechbach-le-Bas, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Priest	N.-D. d'Afrique, Basilica, Alger, Archdiocese of Alger, Algeria
Ordained Bishop	Bukumbi, Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
Death Place	Kabgayi, Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda

Source(s):

b: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 538
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1890, Number 32
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 5, Column 428, to Column 446

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