Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Bishop of Vizagapatam

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1874		Born	La Biolle, France
5 Jun 1898	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
22 Aug 1918	43.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Vizagapatam, India
22 Aug 1918	43.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia
7 May 1919	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia
18 Jun 1926	51.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Vizagapatam, India
22 Mar 1947	72.5	Died	Bishop of Vizagapatam, India

a priest for 48.8 years
a bishop for 27.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre-Lucien Campistron †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph O'Gorman, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Louis Termier †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. † (1919)
Bishop Pierre-Lucien Campistron † (1904)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. † (1840)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Verissimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S. †

Home | Search | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Statistics
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2009
code: v2.6.0, 26 Oct 09; data: 16 Nov 09