Bishop Leo Lemay, S.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bougainville

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1909		Born	Lawrence, MA, USA
15 Apr 1933	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
14 Jun 1960	50.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
14 Jun 1960	50.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Agbia
21 Sep 1960	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Agbia
15 Nov 1966	57.1	Appointed	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
1 Jul 1974	64.8	Resigned	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
9 Sep 1983	74.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

a priest for 50.4 years
a bishop for 23.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Maximilien Cardinal de Fürstenberg †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M.
James Darcy Cardinal Freeman †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leo Lemay, S.M. † (1960)
Maximilien Cardinal de Fürstenberg † (1949)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregory Singkai †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Kurongku †

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