Jan van Cauwelaert
| His Excellency, The Most Reverend Jan van Cauwelaert C.I.C.M. | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Inongo Diocese (Emeritus) | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Inongo Diocese |
| In office | 1959 - 1967 |
| Predecessor | none |
| Successor | Léon Lesambo Ndamwize |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 6 August 1939 |
| Consecration |
25 March 1954 by Jozef Cardinal Van Roey |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 April 1914 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Previous post | Priest |
Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. (born 12 April 1914) is a Belgian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of 102, he is one of the oldest bishops in the Church, the oldest European-born bishop, and the last living one consecrated by Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey.
Cauwelaert was born in Antwerp, Belgium in April 1914 as the youngest son of politician Frans Van Cauwelaert, and was ordained a priest on 6 August 1939 with the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a Roman Catholic religious institute. On 6 January 1954 he was appointed Apostolic Vicar of the Inongo Diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia. He was consecrated on 25 March 1954, and was appointed Bishop of Inongo Diocese on 10 November 1959. He resigned from the governance of that see on 12 June 1967 and was transferred to the titular see of Uccula. When the title of Bishop Emeritus came into use, he resigned on 12 October 1976 from his titular see, becoming Bishop Emeritus of Inongo.