Bishop Edoardo Bresson, S.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia

Titular Bishop of Cestrus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1884		Born	Langogne, France
4 Jul 1909	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
1 Jul 1937	53.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
1 Jul 1937	53.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cestrus
3 Oct 1937	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cestrus
9 Nov 1956	72.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
28 Apr 1967	82.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

a priest for 57.8 years
a bishop for 29.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M. †
Assisted by:
Bishop Jules Halbert, S.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edoardo Bresson, S.M. † (1937)
Bishop Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M. † (1906)
Bishop Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M. † (1904)
Bishop Alphonse-Hilarion Fraysse, S.M. † (1880)
Archbishop Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B. † (1873)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Jules Halbert, S.M. †
Bishop Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Victor Frederick Foley, S.M. †
Bishop Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1937, Number 59

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