Bishop Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard †

Deceased

Bishop of Carcassonne, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1829		Born
17 Dec 1853	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rouen, France
17 Feb 1881	51.3	Selected	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
13 May 1881	51.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
25 Jul 1881	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
3 Dec 1901	72.1	Died	Bishop of Carcassonne, France

MicroData Summary
Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard
Bishop Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard
(born 23 Oct 1829, died 3 Dec 1901)
Bishop of Carcassonne

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Valèry-en-Caux
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 20.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose †
Archbishop of Rouen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop François-Edouard Hasley †
Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)
Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain †
Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose † (1848)
Archbishop of Rouen
Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. † (1833)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Giacinto Placido Cardinal Zurla, O.S.B. † (1824)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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-Pierre-Bernard Castillon † (1885)
Bishop Victor Maréchal † (1887)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 217429913
WikiData: Q16637679

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 181
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1881, Number 36

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