Bishop Jean-Louis-Joseph (Martin) Adam, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gabon, Gabon

Titular Bishop of Thmuis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1846		Born
21 Sep 1872	26.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
17 Nov 1872	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
16 Feb 1897	50.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
16 Feb 1897	50.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thmuis
6 Jun 1897	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thmuis
7 May 1914	67.7	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
14 Jan 1929	82.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gabon, Gabon

MicroData Summary for Jean-Louis-Joseph (Martin) Adam
(VIAF: 313553218; WikiData: Q21547120)
Bishop Jean-Louis-Joseph (Martin) Adam C.S.Sp. (born 25 Aug 1846, died 14 Jan 1929) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gabon

Event Place
Birth Place Sigolsheim, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Deacon Foreign Missions of Paris, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest Holy Spirit's Seminary, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Libreville, Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon
Death Place Bordeaux, Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France

a priest for 56.1 years
a bishop for 31.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy †
Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
Assisted by:
Father Pascal Campana, C.S.Sp. †
Prefect of Lower Congo in Cubango
Father Armengol Coll y Armengol, C.M.F. †
Prefect of Fernando Poo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. † (1886)
Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
Archbishop François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A. † (1902)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Louis-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. † (1907)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sigolsheim, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Deacon	Foreign Missions of Paris, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest	Holy Spirit's Seminary, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Libreville, Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon
Death Place	Bordeaux, Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 550
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 367
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1897, Number 34
od/c1/loc: AJ, 28 Jul 2022

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