Archbishop Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius

Apostolic Administrator of Poona

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jun 1825		Born
23 Sep 1848	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Apr 1853	27.7	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
20 Jan 1867	41.5	Final Vows	Member of Society of Jesus
27 Mar 1867	41.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Poona, India
4 Jun 1867	41.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India
4 Jun 1867	41.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ascalon
2 Feb 1868	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ascalon
1886¹	60.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India
1 Sep 1886	61.1	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Poona, India
15 Sep 1887	62.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis
27 Sep 1887	62.2	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Port-Louis, Mauritius
1 Jun 1895	69.9	Died	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin
Archbishop Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin S.J.
(born 23 Jun 1825, died 1 Jun 1895)
Bishop of Port-Louis

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Berlin, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland, Germany
Ordained Bishop N.S. de Esperanca, Chapel, Bombay, Vicariate Apostolic of Bombay, India
Death Place Port-Loius, Diocese of Port-Louis

a priest for 46.6 years
a bishop for 27.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Marie Tissot, M.S.F.S. †
Titular Bishop of Milevum
Assisted by:
Father John Baptist Esseiva, S.J. †
Priest of Society of Jesus
Father John Brunner, S.J.
Priest of Society of Jesus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Marie Tissot, M.S.F.S. † (1864)
Titular Bishop of Milevum
Bishop Walter Herman Jacobus Steins (Bisschop), S.J. † (1861)
Titular Bishop of Nilopolis
Archbishop Matteo Eustachio Gonella † (1850)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Pietro Caprotti, P.I.M.E. † (1882)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesco Vincenzo Pesci, O.F.M. Cap. † (1881)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Berlin, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland, Germany
Ordained Bishop	N.S. de Esperanca, Chapel, Bombay, Vicariate Apostolic of Bombay, India
Death Place	Port-Loius, Diocese of Port-Louis

External Link(s):

Jesuit Online Necrology: 33389
VIAF: 42602600
WikiData: Q583630

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 125, and Page 416
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 466
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1868, Number 4
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 98, Number 8,416

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