Bishop Jean-Baptiste Décoste †

Deceased

Bishop of Hinche

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1925		Born	Saint Louis du Sud
8 Mar 1952	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Aug 1966	41.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
20 Aug 1966	41.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sigus
28 Oct 1966	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sigus
20 Apr 1972	47.2	Appointed	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
20 May 1980	55.3	Died	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti

a priest for 28.2 years
a bishop for 13.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Cardinal Samorè †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. †
Bishop Rémy Augustin, S.M.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Décoste † (1966)
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 †

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