Bishop Francis Victor Bestion

Bishop of Blois, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1957		Born
1 Oct 1989	32.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Mende, France
27 May 1990	33.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mende, France
12 Dec 2013	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Tulle, France
23 Feb 2014	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tulle, France
1 Oct 2024	67.3	Appointed	Bishop of Blois, France
1 Dec 2024	67.5	Installed	Bishop of Blois, France

MicroData Summary
Francis Victor Bestion
Bishop Francis Victor Bestion
(born 8 May 1957)
Bishop of Blois

Ad Limina - March 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Fontans, Diocese of Mende
Ordained Deacon Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais, Church, Langogne, Diocese of Mende
Ordained Priest Notre-Dame et Saint-Privat, Cathedral, Mende, Diocese of Mende
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tulle, Diocese of Tulle

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Blois.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand †
Bishop of Mende
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand †
Bishop of Mende
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer
Archbishop of Poitiers
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Louis Marie Charrier
Bishop Emeritus of Tulle
Bishop François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.
Bishop of Mende

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer (2007)
Archbishop of Poitiers
Archbishop Albert Jean-Marie Rouet (1986)
Archbishop of Poitiers
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. (2022)
Bishop Éric Nicolas Bidot, O.F.M. Cap. (2025)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Fontans, Diocese of Mende
Ordained Deacon	Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais, Church, Langogne, Diocese of Mende
Ordained Priest	Notre-Dame et Saint-Privat, Cathedral, Mende, Diocese of Mende
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tulle, Diocese of Tulle

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15302530

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Dec 2013
c1: CB, 12 Dec 2013
ob: CB, 20 Dec 2013
c2+: CB, 13 Jan 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 217, Number 18,103
od/c01/loc: AJ, 1 Feb 2024
ab: Bollettino, 1 Oct 2024
i: CB, 1 Oct 2024

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