Bishop Jean Baptiste Epalle, S.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania)

Titular Bishop of Sion

Vicar Apostolic of Micronesia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Mar 1808		Born
1837²	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Jul 1838³	30.3	Professed	Priest of Society of Mary
19 Jul 1844	36.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Jul 1844	36.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Jul 1844	36.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sion
21 Jul 1844	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sion
19 Dec 1845	37.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Jean Baptiste Epalle
(WikiData: Q24010958)
Bishop Jean Baptiste Epalle S.M. (born 8 Mar 1808, died 19 Dec 1845) Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia

Event Place
Birth Place Marlhes, France
Ordained Bishop Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place on board Marian Watson, Baie du Martyr, Solomon Islands
Buried Place (Original) St. George Island, Solomon Islands

a priest for 8.9 years
a bishop for 1.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Bishop Bernard Donald McDonald †
Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Marlhes, France
Ordained Bishop	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	on board Marian Watson, Baie du Martyr, Solomon Islands
Buried Place (Original)	St. George Island, Solomon Islands

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 347
opd/prof: CB, 11 Mar 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1844, Number 46

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