Bishop Joseph Félix Blanc, S.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}

Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Mar 1872		Born	Toulon, France
23 Jun 1895	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
17 Feb 1912	39.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
17 Feb 1912	39.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
29 Jun 1912	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
1953²	80.8	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania)
8 Jun 1962	90.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

a priest for 67.0 years
a bishop for 49.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop Francis Mary Redwood, S.M. †
  Archbishop of Wellington

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Mary Redwood, S.M. † (1874)
Archbishop of Wellington
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
- Bishop Alexandre Poncet, S.M. † (1936)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Joseph Darnand, S.M. † (1920)

Source(s):

c2: LC
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1912, Number 40