Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Sep 1900		Born
28 Mar 1925	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
12 Nov 1937	37.1	Appointed	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar
14 Jun 1938	37.7	Appointed	Prefect of Ambanja, Madagascar
8 Mar 1951	50.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Coropissus
8 Mar 1951	50.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ambanja, Madagascar
29 Jun 1951	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Coropissus
14 Sep 1955	54.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
5 Jun 1975	74.6	Retired	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
5 Jun 1975	74.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Comores
2 May 1980	79.6	Retired	Apostolic Administrator of Comores
10 Feb 1987	86.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar

MicroData Summary for Léon-Adolphe Messmer
(WikiData: Q19344978)
Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer O.F.M. Cap. (born 26 Sep 1900, died 10 Feb 1987) Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja

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

Event Place
Birth Place Wingen, France

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 35.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †
Bishop of Strasbourg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz †
Bishop of Metz
Bishop Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Chariopolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † (1945)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Bishop of Laval
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Armand Toasy (1969)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wingen, France

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 66

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