Bishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda

Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1874		Born	Metz, France
31 Mar 1900	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
10 Apr 1922	47.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda
26 Apr 1922	47.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
28 May 1922	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
31 Jan 1945	70.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda

a priest for 44.8 years
a bishop for 22.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Cardinal Mercier †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis Joseph Legraive †
Bishop Jacobus Moris, C.SS.R. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. † (1922)
Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Cardinal Mercier † (1906)
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1922, Number 28

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