Bishop Edmond Bennetat, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam

Titular Bishop of Eucarpia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Apr 1713		Born
25 Mar 1737	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
22 Sep 1745	32.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam
22 Sep 1745	32.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia
1 May 1748	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia
16 Jul 1758	45.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
22 May 1761	48.0	Died	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam

MicroData Summary
Edmond Bennetat
Bishop Edmond Bennetat M.E.P.
(born 20 Apr 1713, died 22 May 1761)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}

Event Place
Birth Place Troyes, Diocese of Troyes, France
Ordained Bishop Tho Duc (near Huế), Vicariate Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}
Death Place Port Louis, Mauritius
Buried Place (Original) Saint-Louis, Cemetery, Port Louis, Mauritius

a priest for 24.1 years
a bishop for 13.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Arnaud-François Lefèbvre, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Nea Aule

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Arnaud-François Lefèbvre, M.E.P. † (1743)
Titular Bishop of Nea Aule
Bishop Jean de Lolière-Puycontat, M.E.P. † (1740)
Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
Bishop José Pinheiro, S.J. † (1726)
Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore
Archbishop Inácio (de Santa Teresa) Torres de Souza, O.E.S.A. † (1721)
Archbishop of Goa
Patriarch Tomás de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giuseppe Sersale † (1758)

External Link(s):

France-Asia Research Institute: 0159
WikiData: Q64733644

Source(s):

b/c2: LC
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1748, Number 10
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 210, and Page 455

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