Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M.

Bishop Emeritus of Bereina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1929		Born	Eastview, Canada
13 Mar 1954	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
17 Oct 1961	32.3	Appointed	Prefect of Daru, Papua New Guinea
15 Nov 1966	37.4	Appointed	Bishop of Daru, Papua New Guinea
21 Jan 1967	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Daru, Papua New Guinea
2 Jan 1999	69.5	Appointed	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
12 Feb 2002	72.6	Resigned	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bereina.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gérard-Marie Coderre †
Bishop René Audet †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. (1967)
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli † (1951)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gilles Côté, S.M.M.
Archbishop John Ribat, M.S.C.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †

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