Bishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda

Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1874		Born
11 Oct 1896	22.2	Entered	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
31 Mar 1900	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
10 Apr 1922	47.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda
26 Apr 1922	47.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
28 May 1922	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
31 Jan 1945	70.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda

MicroData Summary for Léon-Paul Classe
(VIAF: 20906674; WikiData: Q3270640)
Bishop Léon-Paul Classe M. Afr. (born 28 Jun 1874, died 31 Jan 1945) Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda

Event Place
Birth Place Metz, Diocese of Metz, France
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Carthage
Ordained Bishop Dames de l`Adoration, rue du Ciel, Chapel, Anvers, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
Death Place Usumbura

a priest for 44.8 years
a bishop for 22.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Désiré Felicien François Joseph Cardinal Mercier †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis Joseph Legraive †
Titular Bishop of Parnassus
Bishop Jaak Moris, C.SS.R. †
Bishop of Roseau, Dominica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Désiré Felicien François Joseph Cardinal Mercier † (1906)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Antonio Vico † (1898)
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Metz, Diocese of Metz, France
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Carthage
Ordained Bishop	Dames de l`Adoration, rue du Ciel, Chapel, Anvers, Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
Death Place	Usumbura

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1922, Number 28
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 5, Column 146, to Column 158

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