Bishop Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Titular Bishop of Ombi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1883		Born	Bernex, France
28 Jun 1908	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
22 Apr 1920	36.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganika, Tanzania
22 Apr 1920	36.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ombi
23 Jun 1920	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ombi
22 Apr 1936	52.4	Appointed	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
30 Apr 1947	63.4	Died	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

a priest for 38.8 years
a bishop for 26.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre-Lucien Campistron †
Bishop of Annecy
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S. †
Bishop of Nagpur
Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre-Lucien Campistron † (1904)
Bishop of Annecy
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. † (1929)
Archbishop Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. † (1930)
Bishop Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. † (1934)
Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr. † (1937)

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1920, Number 37

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