Bishop Georges Colomb, M.E.P.

Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jun 1953		Born
25 Jan 1987	33.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères
13 Sep 1987	34.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
9 Jul 2010	57.0	Appointed	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
9 Mar 2016	62.7	Appointed	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
5 May 2016	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

MicroData Summary for Georges Colomb
(VIAF: 313575086; WikiData: Q23017551)
Bishop Georges Colomb M.E.P. (born 15 Jun 1953) Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes)

Ad Limina - March 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Anthème, Diocese of Clermont
Ordained Deacon Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Priest Saint-Blaise, Church, Saint-Anthème, Diocese of Clermont
Ordained Bishop Parc des expositions, La Rochelle, Diocese of La Rochelle (-Saintes)

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of La Rochelle (-Saintes).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Jean Louis Joseph Dardel †
Bishop of Clermont
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jean Louis Joseph Dardel †
Bishop of Clermont
Principal Consecrator:
André Armand Cardinal Vingt-Trois
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer
Archbishop of Poitiers
Bishop Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.
Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

André Armand Cardinal Vingt-Trois (1988)
Archbishop of Paris
Aron Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger † (1979)
Archbishop of Paris
Gabriel Auguste François Cardinal Marty † (1952)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Marcel-Marie-Joseph-Henri-Paul Dubois † (1948)
Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres)
Archbishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente † (1918)
Bishop of Le Mans
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Anthème, Diocese of Clermont
Ordained Deacon	Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Priest	Saint-Blaise, Church, Saint-Anthème, Diocese of Clermont
Ordained Bishop	Parc des expositions, La Rochelle, Diocese of La Rochelle (-Saintes)

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Mar 2016
ob/c2: CB, 9 Mar 2016
c3+: CB, 7 Apr 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 228, Number 18,905
od/c01/loc: AJ, 12 Nov 2023

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