Joseph Ignace Waterschoot
Joseph Ignace Waterschoot OPraem (born March 16, 1911 in Oud-Turnhout , Belgium , † April 20, 1990 ) was a Belgian religious and Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of Lolo .
Life
Joseph Ignace Waterschoot joined the religious order of the Premonstratensians at and received on 24 August 1934, the sacrament of Holy Orders . On September 21, 1949, Pope Pius XII appointed him . to the Apostolic Prefect of Lolo.
On July 2, 1962, Joseph Ignace Waterschoot became the first bishop of Lolo as a result of the elevation of the Apostolic Prefecture of Lolo. The Archbishop of Coquilhatville , Hilaire Marie Vermeiren MSC , donated him episcopal ordination on September 2 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the retired Vicar Apostolic of Buta , Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven OPraem, and the Bishop of Lisala , François Van den Berghe CICM .
Waterschoot participated in the first and second session of the Second Vatican Council . On August 28, 1987, Pope John Paul II accepted Joseph Ignace Waterschoot's resignation due to reasons of age.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Giacomo Jacobs OPraem |
Apostolic Prefect / Bishop of Lolo 1949–1987 |
Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Waterschoot, Joseph Ignace |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lolo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oud-Turnhout , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1990 |