An
example of the von Bodman lineage
Herman Tillemans, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of
Berissa and Vicar Apostolic of Merauke. Ordained bishop 5 November 1950 at
Merauke, Church of Saint Francis Xavier, by Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C., Titular
Bishop of Hermonthis and Vicar Apostolic of Manado, assisted by Father Oscar
Cremers, O.F.M., and Father Pieter Drabbe, M.S.C.
Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of
Hermonthis and Vicar Apostolic of Manado. Ordained bishop 15 May 1947 at
Oisterwijk, Church of Saint Peter in Chains, by Willem Pieter Adriaan Marie
Mutsaerts, Bishop of `s-Hertogenbosch, assisted by Joannes Walter Panis,
M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Trisipa and former Vicar Apostolic of Manado, and
Nicolas Stam, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Cediae and Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu.
Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts, Titular
Bishop of Lyrba and Coadjutor of the bishop of ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Ordained
bishop 29 June 1942 at `s-Hertogenbosch, in the Cathedral, by Jan de Jong,
Archbishop of Utrecht, assisted by Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans, Bishop of
Breda, and Jozef Hubert Willem Lemmens, Bishop of Roermond.
Jan de Jong, Titular Archbishop of Rhusium and
Coadjutor of Utrecht. Ordained bishop 12 September 1935 at Utrecht, in the
Cathedral, by Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans, Bishop of Breda, assisted by
Arnold Franciscus Diepen, Bishop of `s-Hertogenbosch, and Hendrik Jan Smit, Titular
Bishop of Paralus and former Vicar Apostolic of Norway.
Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans, Bishop of
Breda. Ordained bishop 1 November 1914 at Breda, in the Cathedral of Saint
Barbara, by Henricus van de Wetering, Archbishop of Utrecht, assisted by
Augustus Jozef Callier, Bishop of Haarlem, and Laurentius Jozef Antonius
Hubertus Schrynen, Bishop of Roermond.
Henricus van de Wetering, Titular Bishop of
Gaza and Coadjutor of Utrecht. Ordained bishop 24 March 1895 at Hilversum,
Church of Saint Vitus, by Gaspard Bottemane, Bishop of Haarlem, assisted by
Pieter Leijten, Bishop of Breda, and Franciscus Antonius Hubert Boermans,
Bishop of Roermond.
Gaspard Bottemane, Bishop of Haarlem. Ordained
bishop 30 September 1883 at Warmond, in the chapel of the seminary, by Pieter
Mathias Snickers, Archbishop of Utrecht, assisted by Henricus van Beek, Bishop
of Breda, and Adriaan Godschalk, Bishop of `s-Hertogenbosch.
Pieter Mathias Snickers, Bishop of
Haarlem. Ordained bishop 2 September
1877 at Haarlem, in the Cathedral, by Andreas Ignatius Schaepman, Archbishop of
Utrecht, assisted by Pieter Marie Vrancken, Titular Archbishop of Attalia and
former Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, and Henricus van Beek, Bishop of Breda.
Andreas Ignatius Schaepman, Titular Bishop of
Esbus and Auxiliary of Utrecht. Ordained bishop 26 August 1860 at Rijzenburg,
chapel of the seminary, by Franciscus Jacobus van Vree, Bishop of Haarlem,
assisted by Joannes Philibert Deppen, Titular Bishop of Samos and Auxiliary
Bishop of `s-Hertogenbosch, and Joannes van Genk, Titular Bishop of Adraa and
Coadjutor of Breda.
Franciscus Jacobus van Vree, first Bishop of
Haarlem. Ordained bishop 15 May 1853 at Haaren, in the seminary, by Joannes
Zwysen, Archbishop of Utrecht, assisted by Joannes van Hooydonck, Bishop of
Breda, and Joannes Augustinus Paredis, Bishop of Roermond.
Joannes Zwysen, Titular Bishop of Gerra and
Coadjutor of the Vicar Apostolic of
‘s-Hertogenbosch. Ordained bishop 17 April 1842 at Tilburg,
Church of Saint Denis, by Cornelius Ludovicus Wykerslooth, Titular Bishop of
Curium, assisted by Joannes Augustinus Paredis, Titular Bishop of Hirina and
Vicar Apostolic of Limburg, and Joannes Theodor Laurent, Titular Bishop of
Chersonesus in Creta and Vicar Apostolic of Luxemburg.
Cornelius Ludovicus Wykerslooth, Titular
Bishop of Curium and ordaining bishop for the Netherlands. Ordained bishop 15
September 1833 at Münster, in the Cathedral, by Kasper Maximilian
von Droste zu Vischering, Bishop of Münster, assisted by Karl Adalbert von
Beyer, O.Praem., Titular Bishop of Samaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln, and
Clement Augustus von Droste zu Vischering, Titular Bishop of Calama and Auxiliary
Bishop of Münster.
Kasper Maximilian von Droste zu Vischering, Titular
Bishop of Jerico and Auxliary Bishop of Münster. Ordained bishop 6 September
1795 at Münster by Maximilian Franciscus von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archbishop of
Köln, assisted by Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d`Argentré, Bishop of Sées, and
Louis-Charles du Plessis d`Argentré, Bishop of Limoges.
Maximilian Franciscus von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archbishop
of Köln. Ordained bishop 8 May 1785 at Bonn, Church of Saints Cassius and
Florentinus, by Clement Wenceslas von Sachsen, Archbishop of Trier, assisted by
Karl Aloysius Königsseg-Aulendorf, Titular Bishop of Myrina and Auxiliary Bishop
of Köln, and Wilhem Althausen, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Aradus and Auxiliary Bishop
of Münster.
Clement Wenceslas von Sachsen, Bishop of
Freising and Coadjutor of Augsburg. Ordained bishop 10 August 1766 at Freising,
in the Cathedral, by Josef von Hessen Darmstadt, Bishop of Augsburg, assisted
by Franciscus Ignatius Albert von Werdenstein, Titular Bishop of Tenaria and Apostolic
Administrator of Freising, and Xavier Adelmann, Titular Bishop of Mactaris and
Auxiliary of Augsburg.
Josef von Hessen Darmstadt, Bishop of
Augsburg. Ordained bishop 12 February 1741 at Augsburg by Johannes Jacobus von
Mayer, Titular Bishop of Pergamum and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, assisted by
Johannes Adam Nieberlein, Titular Bishop of Dioclea and Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt,
and Johannes Ferdinand von Biedigheim, Titular Bishop of Amyclae and Auxiliary
Bishop of Freising.
Johannes Jacobus von Mayer, Titular Bishop of
Pergamum and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg. Ordained bishop 8 January 1719 at
Augsburg, in the Cathedral, by Alexander Sigismund von Pfalz-Neuburg, Bishop of
Augsburg, assisted by Willibrord Popp, Abbot of Saint Ulrich, and Augustin Imhoff,
Provost of Holy Cross in Augsburg.
Alexander Sigismund von Pfalz-Neuburg, Bishop
of Augsburg. Ordained bishop 14 January 1691 at Augsburg by Rodolfus von Rodt,
Bishop of Konstanz, assisted by Franciscus Christoph Rinck von Baldenstein,
Titular Bishop of Amyclae and Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, and Johannes Eustache
Egolf von Westernach, Titular Bishop of Dioclea and Auxiliary Bishop of
Augsburg.
Rodolfus von Rodt, Bishop of Konstanz.
Ordained bishop 18 June 1690 at Konstanz by Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman,
Titular Bishop of Dardania and Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz, assisted by Franciscus
Christophe Rinck von Baldenstein, Titular Bishop of Amyclae and Auxiliary
Bishop of Eichstätt, and Johannes Eustache Egolf von Westernach, Titular Bishop
of Dioclea and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg.
Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman, Titular Bishop
of Dardania and Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz. Ordained bishop 26 November 1686
at Konstanz. After diligent research, no
record of his ordaining bishop has been found.
The
living bishops of the von Bodman line
*Archbishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C., of Merauke
*Bishop Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M., of Agats
*Bishop Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D., of Maumere
*Bishop Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R., of Weetebula
*Bishop Hubertus Leteng of Ruteng
*Bishop Dominikus Saku of Atambua
*Bishop Franciscus Kopong-Kung of Larantuka
*Bishop emeritus Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D., of Atambua
