Bishop André Louis Fort †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1935		Born
8 Apr 1962	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
18 Feb 1995	59.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
9 Jul 1995	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
16 Jan 1996	60.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
28 Nov 2002	67.1	Appointed	Bishop of Orléans, France
5 Jan 2003	67.2	Installed	Bishop of Orléans, France
27 Jul 2010	74.8	Retired	Bishop of Orléans, France
19 Aug 2025	89.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France

MicroData Summary
André Louis Fort
Bishop André Louis Fort
(born 20 Sep 1935, died 19 Aug 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Orléans

Ad Limina - January 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Chalon-sur-Saône, Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon)
Ordained Priest Saint-Cosme, Church, Chalon-sur-Saône, Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon)
Ordained Bishop Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Cathedral, Perpignan, Diocese of Perpignan-Elne

a priest for 63.3 years
a bishop for 30.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †
Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Perpignan-Elne
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy †
Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny)
Bishop Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon †
Bishop of Cahors

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. † (1967)
Bishop of Perpignan-Elne
Archbishop Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † (1949)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux)
Archbishop Maurice Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Marceau (2004)
Bishop Nicolas Jean-Marie Souchu (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q518548

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 27 Jul 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,572
c1/loc: AJ, 27 Jul 2022
d: CB, 20 Aug 2025

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