Bishop Joseph-Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Feb 1906		Born
1924²	17.8	Entered	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
2 Aug 1925	19.4	First Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
2 Aug 1928	22.4	Perpetual Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
6 Jul 1930	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
11 Mar 1948	42.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho
11 Mar 1948	42.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pachnemunis
29 Jun 1948	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pachnemunis
11 Jan 1951	44.8	Appointed	Bishop of Maseru, Lesotho
3 Jan 1961	54.8	Appointed	Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
17 Jul 1981	75.4	Resigned	Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
22 Jun 1989	83.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Joseph-Delphis Des Rosiers
(VIAF: 316888335; WikiData: Q23062486)
Bishop Joseph-Delphis Des Rosiers O.M.I. (born 23 Feb 1906, died 22 Jun 1989) Bishop Emeritus of Qacha’s Nek

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Event Place
Birth Place St-Jacques d'Embrun, Canada
Ordained Priest San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Maseru, Vicariate Apostolic of Basutoland

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 40.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Mopsuestia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Mina
Bishop Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †
Titular Bishop of Attuda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. † (1926)
Titular Bishop of Mopsuestia
Archbishop Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. † (1897)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia
Archbishop Louis Philip Adélard Langevin, O.M.I. † (1895)
Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre † (1873)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop Emanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana, O.M.I. † (1953)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I. † (1967)
Bishop Paul Khoarai † (1970)

Event	Place
Birth Place	St-Jacques d'Embrun, Canada
Ordained Priest	San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Maseru, Vicariate Apostolic of Basutoland

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 74
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 442, and Page 443

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