Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brazzaville

Titular Bishop of Thelepte

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jun 1887		Born	Hattstatt, France
28 Oct 1912	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
27 Jan 1936	48.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo
27 Jan 1936	48.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thelepte
4 Jun 1936	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thelepte
18 Jul 1954	67.1	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo
8 Jul 1960	73.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo

a priest for 47.7 years
a bishop for 24.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. † (1936)
Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch † (1913)
Archbishop François-Léon Gauthey † (1906)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †
Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem †
Bishop Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1936, Number 37

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