Alphonse Bossart
Alphonse Bossart OMI (born October 20, 1888 in Bastogne , Belgium , † March 3, 1963 ) was a Belgian Roman Catholic religious and apostolic vicar of Ipamu .
Life
Alphonse Bossart joined the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in and received on August 10, 1913, the sacrament of Holy Orders . On June 11, 1937, Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the first Apostolic Prefect of Ipamu.
On February 12, 1948 Alphonse Bossart became the first Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu and Pius XII as a result of the elevation of the Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu to the Apostolic Vicariate . appointed him titular bishop of Tigava . The Apostolic Delegate in the Belgian Congo, Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane , donated him episcopal ordination on May 17 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the Vicar Apostolic of Matadi , Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch CSsR , and the Vicar Apostolic of Kisantu , Alphonse Verwimp SJ .
Alphonse Bossart resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu in May 1957.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Apostolic Prefect / Vicar of Ipamu 1937–1957 |
René Toussaint OMI |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bossart, Alphonse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian Roman Catholic religious and apostolic vicar of Ipamu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bastogne , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1963 |