Willem van Rossum

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Styles of
Willem Cardinal van Rossum
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Caesarea in Mauretania

(titular see)


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

Preceded by
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli
Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary
1 October 191512 March 1918
Succeeded by
Oreste Cardinal Giorgi
Preceded by
Domenico Cardinal Serafini
Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
12 March 191830 August 1932
Succeeded by
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi
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 Lépicier 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