Gulielmus Cobben
Gulielmus Cobben SCJ , actually Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben , (born June 29, 1897 in Sittard , Netherlands , † January 27, 1985 ibid) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Helsinki .
Life
After his ordination on April 19, 1924, Gulielmus Cobben became a pastor in Turku , Finland , where the Catholic Church was mainly cared for by priests of his order. On December 19, 1933 he was appointed by Pope Pius XI. Appointed Vicar Apostolic for Finland and Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palestine . He received his episcopal ordination on March 19, 1934 in the seminary of the Sacred Heart Priests in Bergen op Zoom ; two months later, on May 17, 1934, he took jurisdiction over his vicariate in Helsinki.
When Pope Pius XII. on February 25, 1955, the Vicariate Apostolic of Finland raised to the diocese , Gulielmus Cobben became the first bishop of Helsinki. He kept this office until June 29, 1967. On this day he was appointed titular bishop of Tamagrista , he left Helsinki and became a chaplain in the Catholic hospital in Willich , Diocese of Aachen , where he kept the local bishops Johannes Pohlschneider and Klaus Hemmerle into old age assisted in pontifical acts.
On March 19, 1984, he was able to celebrate the rare feast of the 50th anniversary of his episcopal ordination in Willich, and one month later, on April 19, 1984, the 60th anniversary of his ordination. Shortly afterwards he returned to his hometown Sittard, where he died on January 27, 1985.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Johannes Michiel Buckx SCJ |
Bishop of Helsinki 1933-1967 |
Paul Verschuren SCJ |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cobben, Gulielmus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cobben, Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sittard , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1985 |
| Place of death | Sittard , Netherlands |