Louis-Marie Cardinal Billé †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Feb 1938		Born	Fleury-lès-Aubrais
25 Mar 1962	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Luçon, France
10 Mar 1984	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Laval, France
19 May 1984	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Laval, France
5 May 1995	57.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
10 Jul 1998	60.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
21 Feb 2001	63.0	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 2001	63.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli
22 Jul 2001	63.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio
12 Mar 2002	64.1	Died	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal

a priest for 40.0 years
a bishop for 17.8 years
a cardinal for 1.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul-Louis Carrière †
Bishop Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Louis-Marie Cardinal Billé † (1984)
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † (1966)
Paul Joseph Marie Cardinal Gouyon † (1957)
Paul-Marie-André Cardinal Richaud † (1934)
Archbishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † (1919)
Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette † (1899)
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Cardinal Sourrieu † (1882)
Bishop Pierre-Alfred Grimardias † (1866)
Bishop Louis-Charles Féron † (1834)
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
César-Guillaume Cardinal de la Luzerne † (1770)
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Nicolò Cardinal Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini, Sr. † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de' Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Armand Maillard
Bishop Gilbert Louis
Archbishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich
Bishop Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau
Bishop François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel

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