Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin Cardinal du Pont †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bourges, France

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1792		Born
23 Sep 1815	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sens, France
3 May 1824	32.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
3 May 1824	32.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Samosata
29 Jun 1824	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Samosata
20 May 1830	38.3	Selected	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
5 Jul 1830	38.4	Confirmed	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
17 May 1835	43.2	Selected	Archbishop of Avignon, France
24 Jul 1835	43.4	Confirmed	Archbishop of Avignon, France
30 Dec 1841	49.9	Selected	Archbishop of Bourges, France
24 Jan 1842	49.9	Confirmed	Archbishop of Bourges, France
15 Mar 1842	50.1	Installed	Archbishop of Bourges, France
11 Jun 1847	55.3	Elevated to Cardinal
4 Oct 1847	55.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
26 May 1859	67.3	Died	Archbishop of Bourges, France

MicroData Summary for Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin du Pont
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Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin Cardinal du Pont (born 1 Feb 1792, died 26 May 1859) Archbishop of Bourges

Consistory - 1847: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Iglesias, Italy

a priest for 43.6 years
a bishop for 34.9 years
a cardinal for 11.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Anne-Louis-Henri Cardinal de La Fare †
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mathias Le Groing de La Romagère †
Bishop of Saint-Brieuc
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-François-Nicolas Millaux †
Bishop of Nevers

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Anne-Louis-Henri Cardinal de La Fare † (1788)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
Bishop René des Monstiers de Mérinville †
Bishop of Dijon

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Louis Joseph D’Hautpoul † (1828)
Pierre Cardinal Giraud † (1830)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Iglesias, Italy

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 50
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 100, and Page 113
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 174, and Page 332
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1824, Number 41
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 11 Jun 1847

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a priest for 43.6 years a bishop for 34.9 years a cardinal for 11.9 years	Principal Consecrator: Anne-Louis-Henri Cardinal de La Fare † Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre) Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Mathias Le Groing de La Romagère † Bishop of Saint-Brieuc Bishop Jean-Baptiste-François-Nicolas Millaux † Bishop of Nevers
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Anne-Louis-Henri Cardinal de La Fare † (1788) Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre) Bishop René des Monstiers de Mérinville † Bishop of Dijon	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Paul Louis Joseph D’Hautpoul † (1828) Pierre Cardinal Giraud † (1830)