Bishop Michel-Louis Vial †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nantes

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Mar 1906		Born	Lyon
15 Jun 1935	29.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France
8 Feb 1961	54.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Nevers, France
8 Feb 1961	54.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Agnus
15 Apr 1961	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Agnus
17 Dec 1963	57.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Nevers, France
2 Jul 1966	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Nantes, France
15 Apr 1982	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Nantes, France
5 Jun 1995	89.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 34.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrice Flynn †
Archbishop Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michel-Louis Vial † (1961)
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (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 Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †
Archbishop Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine †
Bishop Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †
Bishop Jean François Marie Streiff †
Bishop Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado

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