Désiré Felicien François Joseph Cardinal Mercier †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Nov 1851		Born
4 Apr 1874	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium
21 Feb 1906	54.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
25 Mar 1906	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
15 Apr 1907	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Apr 1907	55.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
23 Jan 1926	74.1	Died	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Désiré Felicien François Joseph Mercier
Désiré Felicien François Joseph Cardinal Mercier
(born 21 Nov 1851, died 23 Jan 1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen

Consistory - April 1907: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1914: Participated
Conclave - 1922: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Castegier, Château, Braine-l'Alleud, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest Nunciature, Chapel, Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop Saint-Rombaut, Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Death Place Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Buried Place (Original) Saint-Rombaut, Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen

a priest for 51.8 years
a bishop for 19.8 years
a cardinal for 18.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giacomo Cattani †
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Vico †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antoine Stillemans †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Waffelaert †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Vico † (1898)
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien † (1923)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Joseph Legraive † (1907)
Bishop Auguste-Léopold Huys, M. Afr. † (1909)
Bishop Antoine Alphonse de Wachter † (1909)
Bishop Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij) † (1916)
Bishop Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. † (1919)
Bishop Jaak Moris, C.Ss.R. † (1922)
Bishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. † (1922)
Bishop Josef Ludwig Brems, O. Praem. † (1923)
Bishop Gaston-Antoine Rasneur † (1924)
Bishop Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. † (1925)
Bishop Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. † (1925)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Castegier, Château, Braine-l'Alleud, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Priest	Nunciature, Chapel, Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Rombaut, Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Death Place	Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Buried Place (Original)	Saint-Rombaut, Cathedral, Mechelen, Archdiocese of Mechelen

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/32113
VIAF: 71438828
WikiData: Q468097

Source(s):

c12: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 15 Apr 1907
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 26
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 246
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 693, Ascendance

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