Bishop Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China

Titular Bishop of Archelaïs

Motto: In Spem Contra Spem

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1872		Born
20 Sep 1891	19.4	Professed	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères
21 Sep 1895	23.4	Ordained Subdeacon	Subdeacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères
29 Feb 1896	23.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères
28 Jun 1896	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
31 Mar 1918	45.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kienchang, China
31 Mar 1918	45.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Archelaïs
10 Nov 1918	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Archelaïs
30 Sep 1925	53.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China

MicroData Summary
Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain
Bishop Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain M.E.P.
(born 15 Apr 1872, died 30 Sep 1925)
Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu

Event Place
Birth Place Le Portel, Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
Ordained Deacon Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Ningyuanfu, Vicariate Apostolic of Kienchang
Death Place Yunnanfu
Buried Place (Original) Cemetery, Pelongtan

a priest for 29.2 years
a bishop for 6.8 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. †
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. †
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Aela
Assisted by:
Father Philippe Gire, M.E.P.
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † (1910)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon, M.E.P. † (1891)
Titular Bishop of Dausara
Bishop Félix-Marie Biet, M.E.P. † (1878)
Titular Bishop of Diana
Bishop Annet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. † (1859)
Titular Bishop of Polemonium
Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818)
Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
Archbishop François de Bovet †
Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. † (1924)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Le Portel, Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
Ordained Deacon	Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest	Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Ningyuanfu, Vicariate Apostolic of Kienchang
Death Place	Yunnanfu
Buried Place (Original)	Cemetery, Pelongtan

External Link(s):

France-Asia Research Institute: 2223
WikiData: Q18578266

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1921
c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1918, Number 48
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 64

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