Bishop Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jan 1911		Born
Sep 1933³	22.5	Entered	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
27 Jun 1937	26.4	Professed	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
11 Jun 1938	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
10 Jun 1948	37.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana
10 Jun 1948	37.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abitinae
20 Oct 1948	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abitinae
18 Apr 1950	39.2	Appointed	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
12 Apr 1957	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana
13 Apr 1973	62.2	Resigned	Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana
23 Jan 1976	64.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Gérard Bertrand
(VIAF: 316931074; WikiData: Q64745661)
Bishop Gérard Bertrand M. Afr. (born 27 Jan 1911, died 23 Jan 1976) Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop St-Clément, Church, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Death Place Sherbrooke, Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

a priest for 37.6 years
a bishop for 27.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau †
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges Cabana †
Titular Archbishop of Anchialus
Bishop William Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Noba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau † (1939)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † (1913)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési † (1897)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin † (1888)
Titular Archbishop of Cyrene
Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery † (1951)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop	St-Clément, Church, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Death Place	Sherbrooke, Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 112
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 255, and Page 256

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