Jan van Cauwelaert

infobox bishopbiog
name = Jan van Cauwelaert C.I.C.M.


religion=Roman Catholic Church
See = Inongo Diocese
Title = Bishop Inongo Diocese (Emeritus)
Period = 1959 - 1967
Predecessor = none
Successor = Léon Lesambo Ndamwize
ordination = August 6 1939
post = Priest | date of birth = birth date and age|1914|4|12
place of birth = Antwerp, Belgium |

Jan van Cauwelaert , C.I.C.M. (born April 12 1914) is a Belgian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of age|1914|4|12, he is one of oldest bishop in the Church and Second oldest Belgian born bishop.

Jan van Cauwelaert was born in Antwerp, Belgium in April of 1914. Jan van Cauwelaert was ordained a priest on August 6 1939 with theRoman Catholic religious order
Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. On January 6 1954 he was appointed both Apostolic vicariate of the Inongo Diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia. Jan van Cauwelaert was ordained a bishop on March 25 1954, he would resign as Titular bishop of Metropolis in Asia in 1959. He was appointed bishop of Inongo Diocese on November 10 1959 he would resign from that position on June 12 1967 and be appointed Titular bishop of Uccula from which he would resign from on October 12 1976.

ee Also

*List of oldest Catholic bishops
* Inongo Diocese

External Links

* [http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvcau.html Catholic-Hierarchy]