Camille Valentin Stappers
Camille Valentin Stappers OFM (born June 22, 1885 in Hasselt , Belgium , † January 13, 1964 ) was a Belgian Roman Catholic religious and apostolic vicar of Lulua .
Life
Camille Valentin Stappers joined the Congregation of the Franciscan at and received on September 1, 1912, the sacrament of Holy Orders . On July 15, 1922, Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the first Apostolic Prefect of Lulua.
On February 26, 1934, Camille Valentin Stappers became the first Apostolic Vicar of Lulua and Pius XII as a result of the elevation of the Apostolic Prefecture Lulua to the Apostolic Vicariate . appointed him titular bishop of Ceramus . The Bishop of Liège , Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs , donated him episcopal ordination on June 9 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the Vicar Apostolic of Boma , Jozef Vanderhoven CICM , and the Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls , Camille Verfaillie SCI .
Camille Valentin Stappers resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Lulua in March 1950. Stappers attended the first session of the Second Vatican Council .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Apostolic Prefect / Vicar of Lulua 1922–1950 |
Victor Petrus Keuppens OFM |
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| SURNAME | Stappers, Camille Valentin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian Roman Catholic religious and apostolic vicar of Lulua |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hasselt , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1964 |