Bishop Antoine-Charles Cousseau †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

Motto: Sursum Corda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Aug 1805		Born
13 Jun 1829	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Jun 1850	44.8	Selected	Bishop of Angoulême, France
30 Sep 1850	45.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Angoulême, France
29 Dec 1850	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Angoulême, France
7 Jan 1851	45.4	Installed	Bishop of Angoulême, France
3 Mar 1873	67.5	Resigned	Bishop of Angoulême, France
13 Oct 1875	70.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

MicroData Summary
Antoine-Charles Cousseau
Bishop Antoine-Charles Cousseau
(born 7 Aug 1805, died 13 Oct 1875)
Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Jouin-sous-Châtillon
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Poitiers, Diocese of Poitiers
Death Place Poitiers, Diocese of Poitiers
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Angoulême, Diocese of Angoulême

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 24.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop René-François Régnier †
Archbishop of Cambrai
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Buissas †
Bishop of Limoges
Bishop Louis-Édouard-François-Désiré Pie †
Bishop of Poitiers

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Félix-Pierre Fruchaud † (1859)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Charles Gazailhan † (1864)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/107066
VIAF: 73985397
WikiData: Q64762236

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 260
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1850, Number 60

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