Joseph Augustin Hagendorens
Joseph Augustin Hagendorens CP (born April 15, 1894 in Mariekerke , Belgium , † April 20, 1976 ) was a Belgian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Tshumbe .
Life
Joseph Augustin Hagendorens joined the Congregation of the Passionists in and received on January 2, 1921, the sacrament of Holy Orders . On July 28, 1936, Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the first Apostolic Prefect of Tshumbe.
On March 23, 1947, Joseph Augustin Hagendorens became the first Apostolic Vicar of Tshumbe and Pius XII as a result of the elevation of the Apostolic Prefecture of Tshumbe to the Apostolic Vicariate . appointed him titular bishop of Caffa . The Bishop of Bruges , Henricus Lamiroy , ordained him episcopal on May 1st of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the Vicar Apostolic of Lisala , François Van den Berghe CICM , and the Vicar Apostolic of Niangara , Robert Constant Lagae OP .
Joseph Augustin Hagendorens became the first bishop of Tshumbe on November 10, 1959 as a result of the elevation of the Apostolic Vicariate Tshumbe to the diocese . On April 9, 1968, Pope Paul VI. the resignation put forward by Hagendorens and appointed him titular bishop of Sicca Veneria .
Hagendorens attended the first, second and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Apostolic Prefect / Vicar / Bishop of Tshumbe 1936–1968 |
Albert Tshomba Yungu |
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| SURNAME | Hagendorens, Joseph Augustin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Tshumbe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mariekerke , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1976 |