Bishop Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy

Titular Bishop of Limata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Mar 1892		Born
29 Jun 1921	29.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
18 Feb 1946	53.9	Appointed	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
3 Mar 1946	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
15 Oct 1968	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
15 Oct 1968	76.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Limata
9 Nov 1974	82.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy

MicroData Summary
Mathurin Blanchet
Bishop Mathurin Blanchet O.M.I.
(born 3 Mar 1892, died 9 Nov 1974)
Bishop Emeritus of Aosta

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Gressan, Diocese of Aosta
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria degli Angeli, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 28.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Archbishop Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone †
Titular Archbishop of Trapezus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, O.M.I. † (1930)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † (1913)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési † (1897)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin † (1888)
Titular Archbishop of Cyrene
Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Alberto Maria Careggio (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Bökenföhr (Boekenfoehr), O.M.I. † (1953)
Bishop Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. † (1954)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16027514

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 12
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 1, Number 29

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