Bishop René Henri Joseph Fontenelle †

Deceased

Titular Bishop of Theudalis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Dec 1894		Born
22 Dec 1923	29.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Cambrai, France
28 Jun 1924	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cambrai, France
25 Mar 1955	60.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
5 Jun 1955	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
27 Mar 1957	62.2	Died	Titular Bishop of Theudalis

MicroData Summary
René Henri Joseph Fontenelle
Bishop René Henri Joseph Fontenelle
(born 13 Dec 1894, died 27 Mar 1957)
Titular Bishop of Theudalis

Event Place
Birth Place Maubeuge, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Deacon St-Sulpice, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest St-Sulpice, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans, France

a priest for 32.7 years
a bishop for 1.8 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois †
Archbishop of Paris
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †
Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis
Principal Consecrator:
Federico Cardinal Tedeschini †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emile Maurice Guerry †
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop Stanislas Courbe †
Titular Bishop of Castoria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Federico Cardinal Tedeschini † (1921)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/166462
VIAF: 63663450
WikiData: Q3426206

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1958
bp: CB, 7 Aug 2011
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1955, Number 42
od/c01/loc: AJ, 3 Jul 2018

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