Bishop Jean-Irénée Depéry †

Deceased

Bishop of Gap, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Mar 1796		Born
23 Dec 1820	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Apr 1844	48.1	Selected	Bishop of Gap, France
17 Jun 1844	48.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Gap, France
1 Sep 1844	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gap, France
14 Sep 1844	48.5	Installed	Bishop of Gap, France
9 Dec 1861	65.7	Died	Bishop of Gap, France

MicroData Summary
Jean-Irénée Depéry
Bishop Jean-Irénée Depéry
(born 6 Mar 1796, died 9 Dec 1861)
Bishop of Gap

Event Place
Birth Place Challex
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Belley, Diocese of Belley
Death Place Gap, Diocese of Gap
Buried Place (Original) Notre-Dame du Laus, Basilica, Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, Diocese of Gap

a priest for 40.9 years
a bishop for 17.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alexandre-Raymond Devie †
Bishop of Belley
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Marie Vibert †
Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Bishop Louis Rendu †
Bishop of Annecy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alexandre-Raymond Devie † (1823)
Bishop of Belley
Bishop Denis-Antoine-Luc de Frayssinous † (1822)
Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
Bishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Bishop of Strasbourg
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Marie-Julien Meirieu † (1849)
Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac † (1853)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/172284
VIAF: 56737400
WikiData: Q3166147

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 388
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1844, Number 58

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