Bishop Jean-Etienne Sémeria, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna

Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Feb 1813		Born	La Colla, Italy
6 Jun 1856	43.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
6 Jun 1856	43.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
17 Aug 1856	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
26 Jul 1857	44.5	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
23 Jan 1868	55.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

a bishop for 11.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. †
Bishop Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Etienne Sémeria, O.M.I. † (1856)
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 (Jr.) † (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 †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 425

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