Bishop Henri Coudray, S.J.

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mongo, Chad

Titular Bishop of Silli

Motto: Désir De La Sagesse De La Foi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jun 1942		Born
16 Oct 1961	19.3	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
30 Jun 1973	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Mar 1980	37.6	Solemn Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
1 Dec 2001	59.4	Appointed	Prefect of Mongo, Chad
3 Jun 2009	66.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad
3 Jun 2009	66.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Silli
29 Nov 2009	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Silli
14 Dec 2020	78.4	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad

MicroData Summary
Henri Coudray
Bishop Henri Coudray S.J.
(born 22 Jun 1942)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mongo

Ad Limina - September 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - October 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Pont de Beauvoisi, Diocese of Grenoble, France
Ordained Priest Pont de Beauvoisi, Diocese of Grenoble, France
Ordained Bishop Saint-Ignace, Church, Mongo, Vicariate Apostolic of Mongo

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Mongo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †
Bishop of Grenoble
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi †
Archbishop of N’Djaména
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J.
Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména
Bishop Goetbé Edmond Djitangar
Bishop of Sarh

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi † (1986)
Archbishop of N’Djaména
Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. † (1960)
Archbishop of Ouagadougou
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Philippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V. (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. (2014)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q650852

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 3 Jun 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Number 16,320
r: Bollettino, 14 Dec 2020

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