Bishop René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Andong, Korea (South)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Sep 1929		Born
29 Jun 1953	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
29 May 1969	39.7	Appointed	Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)
25 Jul 1969	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)
6 Oct 1990	61.0	Resigned	Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)
10 Apr 2025	95.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Andong, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary
René Marie Albert Dupont
Bishop René Marie Albert Dupont M.E.P.
(born 2 Sep 1929, died 10 Apr 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Andong

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Jean-le-Blanc, France
Ordained Bishop Andong, Diocese of Andong
Death Place Andong, Hospital, Andong, Diocese of Andong

a priest for 71.7 years
a bishop for 55.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan †
Archbishop of Seoul
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi
Bishop of Suwon
Archbishop John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †
Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan † (1966)
Archbishop of Seoul
Archbishop Antonio del Giudice † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ignatius Pak Sok-hi † (1990)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paul Ri Moun-hi † (1972)
Bishop John Chrisostom Kwon Hyok-ju (2001)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 93511924
WikiData: Q94818

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 260, Necrology (back)
d: CB, 10 Apr 2025

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