Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau
Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau MSF , French Guillaume Jean Demarteau (born January 24, 1917 in Horn , Netherlands , † December 5, 2012 in Banjarmasin , Indonesia ) was Bishop of Banjarmasin .
Life
Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau came from the Diocese of Roermond and joined the Order of Missionaries of the Holy Family . After his ordination on July 27, 1941, he took on a missionary work for his order in Indonesia .
Pope Pius XII appointed him on January 6, 1954 at the age of 36 as Vicar Apostolic of Banjarmasin and Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro . The Apostolic Delegate in Indonesia , Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d'Ardoye MEP , donated him episcopal ordination on May 5, 1954 ; Co- consecrators were Tarcisius Henricus Josephus van Valenberg OFMCap , Vicar Apostolic of Pontianak , and Albert Soegijapranata SJ , Vicar Apostolic of Semarang . His motto was: Apostolus Jesus Christ . He was a council father and participant in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
Pope John XXIII elevated the Apostolic Vicariate to a diocese on January 3, 1961 and thus Demarteau became the first bishop of Banjarbaru in what was then the Dutch East Indies .
On June 6, 1983, Pope John Paul II accepted his early resignation. He spent his retirement in Banjarmasin, where he was also buried.
Web links
- Entry on Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 6, 2012.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Banjarmasin 1961–1983 |
Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta MSF |
| Giovanni Groen MSF |
Apostolic Vicar of Banjarmasin 1954–1961 |
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| SURNAME | Demarteau, Wilhelmus Joannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Demarteau, Guillaume Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Banjarmasin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horn , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 2012 |
| Place of death | Banjarmasin , Indonesia |