Archbishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Sep 1823		Born
11 Dec 1846	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
5 Jul 1868	44.7	Selected	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
24 Jul 1868	44.8	Confirmed	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
24 Jul 1868	44.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Medea
24 Aug 1868	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Medea
20 Apr 1883	59.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Colombo, Sri Lanka
25 Nov 1886	63.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
3 Aug 1892	68.8	Died	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary for Christophe-Ernest Bonjean
(VIAF: 52775783; WikiData: Q55911512)
Archbishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean O.M.I. (born 21 Sep 1823, died 3 Aug 1892) Archbishop of Colombo

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Riom, Diocese of Clermont, France
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Tours, Archdiocese of Tours, France

a priest for 45.6 years
a bishop for 23.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Tours
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jacques-Marie-Joseph Jeancard †
Titular Bishop of Ceramus
Bishop Nicolas-Joseph Dabert †
Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Tours
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. † (1880)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Riom, Diocese of Clermont, France
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Tours, Archdiocese of Tours, France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
bd/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 217, and Page 375
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1868, Number 35
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 300, Ascendance

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