Bishop Charles-Pierre-François Cotton †

Deceased

Bishop of Valence, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1825		Born
22 Jul 1849	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Grenoble, France
19 Jan 1875	49.1	Selected	Bishop of Valence, France
15 Mar 1875	49.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Valence, France
1 May 1875	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Valence, France
25 Sep 1905	79.8	Died	Bishop of Valence, France

MicroData Summary
Charles-Pierre-François Cotton
Bishop Charles-Pierre-François Cotton
(born 4 Dec 1825, died 25 Sep 1905)
Bishop of Valence

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux, Diocese of Grenoble
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Grenoble, Diocese of Grenoble
Death Place Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux, Diocese of Grenoble

a priest for 56.1 years
a bishop for 30.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier †
Bishop of Grenoble
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gaspard Mermillod †
Titular Bishop of Hebron
Bishop Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert †
Bishop of Gap

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier † (1870)
Bishop of Grenoble
Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac † (1853)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † (1840)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne † (1876)
Bishop Marie-Simon-Henri Colomb † (1896)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Adolphe-Josué-Frédéric Fiard † (1882)
Bishop Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. † (1884)
Archbishop Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet † (1888)
Bishop Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly † (1889)
Archbishop Pierre-Paul Servonnet † (1889)
Bishop Prosper-Amable Berthet † (1889)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/179199
VIAF: 31987816
WikiData: Q18611051

Source(s):

b: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 579
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1875, Number 28

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