Bishop St. Siméon-François Berneux, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Corea

Titular Bishop of Capsus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1814		Born	Château-du-Loir, France
20 May 1837	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
1839¹	24.6	Professed	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
15 Jul 1854	40.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
15 Jul 1854	40.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capsus
27 Dec 1854	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Capsus
8 Mar 1866	51.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
6 Oct 1968		Beatified
6 May 1984		Canonized

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a priest for 28.8 years
a bishop for 11.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, M.E.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Florent Daguin, C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop St. Siméon-François Berneux, M.E.P. † (1854)
Bishop Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, M.E.P. † (1840)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Consecrator of:
- Bishop St. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 132

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