Bishop Prosper-Marie Billère †

Deceased

Bishop of Tarbes, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Aug 1817³		Born
29 Oct 1843	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tarbes, France
23 Sep 1882	65.1	Selected	Bishop of Tarbes, France
25 Sep 1882	65.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Tarbes, France
30 Nov 1882	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tarbes, France
27 Aug 1899	82.0	Died	Bishop of Tarbes, France

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Prosper-Marie Billère
Bishop Prosper-Marie Billère
(born 10 Aug 1817, died 27 Aug 1899)
Bishop of Tarbes

Event Place
Birth Place Bertren
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Tarbes, Diocese of Tarbes

a priest for 55.8 years
a bishop for 16.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie †
Archbishop of Auch
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy †
Bishop of Aire et Dax
Bishop Arthur-Xavier Ducellier †
Bishop of Bayonne

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie † (1857)
Archbishop of Auch
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 287070593
WikiData: Q15970311

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 535
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1882, Number 63

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