Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †

Deceased

Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1856		Born
31 Jul 1875	19.4	Entered	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
28 Aug 1877	21.5	Professed	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
28 Aug 1880	24.5	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
11 Jun 1881	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
23 Oct 1899	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
30 Nov 1899	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
28 Oct 1941	85.7	Died	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Thomas Louis Heylen
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen O. Praem.
(born 5 Feb 1856, died 28 Oct 1941)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}

Event Place
Birth Place Casterlé-lez-Turnhout, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
Ordained Priest Malines, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop Saint-Aubain, Cathedral, Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}
Death Place Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}

a priest for 60.3 years
a bishop for 41.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Victor-Jean-Joseph-Marie van den Branden de Reeth †
Titular Bishop of Erythrum
Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Victor-Joseph Doutreloux †
Bishop of Liège
Bishop Antoine Stillemans †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1883)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Charles-Marie Himmer † (1926)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. † (1924)
Bishop Paul Justin Cawet † (1929)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Philip Schelfhaut, C.Ss.R. † (1902)
Bishop Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. † (1906)
Bishop Antoine Alphonse de Wachter † (1909)
Bishop Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. † (1919)
Bishop Jacques Laminne † (1919)
Bishop Pierre Nommesch † (1920)
Bishop Gaston-Antoine Rasneur † (1924)
Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Bishop Jean-François Cuvelier, C.Ss.R. † (1930)
Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. † (1931)
Bishop Louis Delmotte † (1940)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Casterlé-lez-Turnhout, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
Ordained Priest	Malines, Archdiocese of Mechelen
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Aubain, Cathedral, Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}
Death Place	Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/177311
VIAF: 120909836
WikiData: Q2236412

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 401
c2+: Google Books
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1899, Number 64
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 5, Column 425, to Column 427

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