Bishop Jean-Marie Clerc, M.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Bishop of Vizagapatam

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1847		Born	Ballaison, France
25 May 1872	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
19 Feb 1891	43.9	Appointed	Bishop of Vizagapatam, India
26 Jul 1891	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vizagapatam, India
18 Jun 1926	79.2	Died	Bishop of Vizagapatam, India

a priest for 54.1 years
a bishop for 34.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Colgan †
Archbishop of Madras
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade
Bishop Alexis Riccaz, M.S.F.S. †
Bishop of Nagpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Colgan †
Archbishop of Madras

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S. † (1907)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Charles-Félix Pelvat, M.S.F.S. † (1893)
Bishop Jean-Marie Crochet † (1901)

Source(s):

b: LC
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1921
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 594

a priest for 54.1 years a bishop for 34.9 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Joseph Colgan † Archbishop of Madras Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. † Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade Bishop Alexis Riccaz, M.S.F.S. † Bishop of Nagpur
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Joseph Colgan † Archbishop of Madras	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S. † (1907) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Charles-Félix Pelvat, M.S.F.S. † (1893) Bishop Jean-Marie Crochet † (1901)