Willem Cardinal van Rossum

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Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum (September 3, 1854 - August 30, 1932) was the Vatican's Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. He was a professed religious of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (C.SS.R.).


Episcopal Lineage
Consecrated by: Pope Benedict XV
Date of consecration: May 19, 1918
Consecrator of
Bishop Date of consecration
Pietro Pisani December 21, 1919
Mario Giardini December 8, 1921
Bernard Gijlswijk December 2, 1922
Alexis Cardinal Lepicier May 29, 1924
Edward Cardinal Mooney January 31, 1926
Paschal Charles Robinson May 24, 1927
Giovanni Battista Dellepiane November 30, 1929
Antonin Drapier December 22, 1929
Olaf Offerdahl April 6, 1930
Carlo Cardinal Salotti July 6, 1930
Leo Peter Kierkels April 26, 1931