name

Henricus Smeulders

            baptismal name

Walterus Josephus

                            born

May 13, 1826 in Mol (Belgium)

           higher education

1858 Dr. theol. (Rome)

             ordained priest

   begin of monastic life

Dec. 22, 1844 monastic profession

in Bornem

             responsibilities

Professor in Santa Croce (Rome)

1859 consultor of the Congregatio Indicis

1869 secretarius of the Cist. General Chapter

May 24, 1871 Procurator Generalis ord. cist.

April 20, 1878 nominated tit. abbot

of S. Maria di Valdiponte

June 9, 1878 abbatial benediction

1880 consultor of the Congregatio 

de propaganda fide

1882 consultor of the Congregatio rituum

1883 - 1884 Commissarius apostolicus

in Canada

1887 consultor of the Congregatio

Episcoporum et Regularium

Nov. 29, 1889 consultor of the

Congregatio S. Concilii

                             died

June 28, 1892 in Rome

                          buried

S. Lorenzo (Campo Verano) in Rome