Bishop François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson †

Deceased

Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1821		Born
7 Sep 1845	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Aug 1875	53.8	Selected	Bishop of Nîmes, France
23 Sep 1875	53.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Nîmes, France
14 Nov 1875	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nîmes, France
18 Nov 1888	67.1	Died	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

MicroData Summary for François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson
(VIAF: 73892385; WikiData: Q3083592)
Bishop François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson (born 5 Oct 1821, died 18 Nov 1888) Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)

Event Place
Birth Place Baume-les-Dames
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Besançon, Archdiocese of Besançon

a priest for 43.1 years
a bishop for 13.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier †
Archbishop of Besançon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot †
Bishop of Saint-Dié
Bishop Jean-Jacques-Marie-Antoine Guerrin †
Bishop of Langres

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier † (1870)
Archbishop of Besançon
Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac † (1853)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † (1840)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet † (1888)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Baume-les-Dames
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Besançon, Archdiocese of Besançon

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 405
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1875, Number 65

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