Bishop Henri Désiré Delrue †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France

Titular Bishop of Polymartium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jul 1928		Born
23 Dec 1953	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lille, France
9 Oct 1979	51.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
9 Oct 1979	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Polymartium
2 Dec 1979	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Polymartium
22 May 1982	53.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France

MicroData Summary
Henri Désiré Delrue
Bishop Henri Désiré Delrue
(born 10 Jul 1928, died 22 May 1982)
Auxiliary Bishop of Reims

Event Place
Birth Place Linselle
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Reims, Archdiocese of Reims

a priest for 28.4 years
a bishop for 2.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand †
Bishop of Lille
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage †
Bishop of Annecy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † (1964)
Bishop of Lille
Achille Cardinal Liénart † (1928)
Bishop of Lille
Bishop Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † (1921)
Bishop of Amiens
Bishop Héctor Raphaël Quilliet † (1914)
Bishop of Lille
Archbishop Jean-Arthur Chollet † (1910)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Louis-Ernest Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Bourges
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734775

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 57, Number 4,264
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 58, Additions/Corrections (front)

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