Bishop Armand-Joseph Fava †

Deceased

Bishop of Grenoble, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Feb 1826		Born
5 Jan 1851	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Jan 1871	44.9	Selected	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles
6 Mar 1871	45.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles
25 Jul 1871	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles
14 Aug 1875	49.5	Selected	Bishop of Grenoble, France
23 Sep 1875	49.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Grenoble, France
18 Nov 1875	49.7	Installed	Bishop of Grenoble, France
17 Oct 1899	73.6	Died	Bishop of Grenoble, France

MicroData Summary
Armand-Joseph Fava
Bishop Armand-Joseph Fava
(born 10 Feb 1826, died 17 Oct 1899)
Bishop of Grenoble

Event Place
Birth Place Evin-Malmaison
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Montauban, Diocese of Montauban

a priest for 48.7 years
a bishop for 28.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez †
Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez †
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie †
Bishop of Carcassonne
Bishop Pierre-Alfred Grimardias †
Bishop of Cahors

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez † (1851)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Archbishop René-François Régnier † (1842)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Denis-Auguste Affre † (1840)
Archbishop of Paris
Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles Cardinal de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais † (1802)
Bishop of Arras
Archbishop Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure † (1754)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † (1883)
Bishop François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † (1883)
Bishop Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. † (1884)
Archbishop François Laurencin † (1889)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Julien-François-Pierre Carmené † (1876)
Archbishop Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne † (1876)
Bishop Clovis-Nicolas-Joseph Catteau † (1877)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Chausse, S.M.A. † (1891)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/82979
VIAF: 46886883
WikiData: Q385771

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 290, and Page 370
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1871, Number 23

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