Bishop Amiel-François Bessière †

Deceased

Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1869		Born	Saint-Chinian, France
29 Jun 1892	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Jan 1917	47.0	Appointed	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
11 Apr 1917	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
3 Oct 1923	53.8	Died	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria

a priest for 31.3 years
a bishop for 6.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse †
Bishop of Oran
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Pacandus
Bishop Alexandre Piquemal †
Titular Bishop of Thagora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse † (1916)
Bishop of Oran
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop of Bourges
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. † (1840)
Titular Bishop of Arad
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal 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 †
Titular Bishop of Sidon

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1917, Number 16

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