Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya

Titular Bishop of Bodona

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1841		Born
6 Jun 1868	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Aug 1868	27.3	Professed	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
23 Nov 1883	42.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya
23 Nov 1883	42.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bodona
16 Dec 1883	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bodona
27 Nov 1896	55.6	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya
20 Feb 1925	83.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya

MicroData Summary
Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont
Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont C.S.Sp.
(born 15 Apr 1841, died 20 Feb 1925)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Zanguebar

Event Place
Birth Place Le Carbet, France
Ordained Bishop 30, rue Lhomond, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France

a priest for 56.7 years
a bishop for 41.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Armand-Joseph Fava †
Bishop of Grenoble
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) †
Bishop of Orléans
Bishop François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Raphanea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Armand-Joseph Fava † (1871)
Bishop of Grenoble
Archbishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez † (1851)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Archbishop René-François Régnier † (1842)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Denis-Auguste Affre † (1840)
Archbishop of Paris
Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles Cardinal de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais † (1802)
Bishop of Arras
Archbishop Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure † (1754)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. † (1896)
Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1898)
Bishop Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. † (1899)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. † (1896)
Father Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp. † (1897)
Bishop Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien, C.S.Sp. † (1898)
Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1898)
Bishop Jean Marie Patrice Flynn † (1898)
Bishop Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. † (1899)
Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. † (1899)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François-Xavier Corbet (Corbey), C.S.Sp. † (1898)
Bishop François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. † (1901)
Bishop Jean-Louis-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. † (1907)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 17535062
WikiData: Q16855641

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1921
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 151
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 88
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1883, Number 63

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