Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Feb 1908		Born
29 Jun 1934	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
11 Apr 1946	38.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Musoma-Maswa, Tanzania
11 Apr 1946	38.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bubastis
6 Oct 1946	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bubastis
24 Jun 1950	42.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania
24 Jun 1950	42.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Maswa, Tanzania
25 Mar 1953	45.1	Appointed	Bishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
25 Mar 1953	45.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Maswa, Tanzania
15 Oct 1965	57.6	Resigned	Bishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
15 Oct 1965	57.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi
13 May 1977	69.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi
3 Nov 1992	84.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania

MicroData Summary for Joseph Blomjous
(VIAF: 29286664; WikiData: Q64615396)
Bishop Joseph Blomjous M. Afr. (born 10 Feb 1908, died 3 Nov 1992) Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza

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 Oisterwijk, Netherlands

a priest for 58.3 years
a bishop for 46.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †
Titular Bishop of Doryla�um
Bishop Stephanus Jozef Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R. †
Titular Bishop of Termessus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts † (1942)
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
Archbishop Johannes de Jong † (1935)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans † (1914)
Bishop of Breda
Archbishop Hendrik (Henricus) van de Wetering † (1895)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Gaspard Josephus Martinus Bottemanne † (1883)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Pieter Matthijs (Petrus Mathias) Snickers † (1877)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Andreas Ignatius Schaepman † (1860)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Franciscus Jacobus van Vree † (1853)
Bishop of Haarlem
Archbishop Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) † (1842)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Bishop Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth van Schalkwijk (Wykerslooth) † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Bishop of M�nster
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (�sterreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of K�ln {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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John James Rudin, M.M. † (1957)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Archbishop Marko Mihayo † (1960)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Oisterwijk, Netherlands

Source(s):

c2 : CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133, Necrology (back)
b/c2 : Les Ordinations �piscopales, Year 1946, Number 78

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