Bishop Charles-Louis Gay †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France

Titular Bishop of Anthedon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1815		Born
17 May 1845	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Oct 1877	62.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France
23 Oct 1877	62.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Anthedon
25 Nov 1877	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Anthedon
18 May 1880	64.6	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France
19 Jan 1892	76.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France

MicroData Summary
Charles-Louis Gay
Bishop Charles-Louis Gay
(born 1 Oct 1815, died 19 Jan 1892)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers

Event Place
Birth Place Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Poitiers, Diocese of Poitiers

a priest for 46.6 years
a bishop for 14.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis-Édouard-François-Désiré Pie †
Bishop of Poitiers
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gaspard Mermillod †
Titular Bishop of Hebron
Bishop Albert-Marie-Camille de Briey †
Bishop of Saint-Dié

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis-Édouard-François-Désiré Pie † (1849)
Bishop of Poitiers
Bishop Claude-Hippolyte Clausel de Montals † (1824)
Bishop of Chartres
Bishop Denis-Antoine-Luc de Frayssinous † (1822)
Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
Bishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Emmanuel-Marie-Ange de Briey † (1880)
Bishop Jacques-Edne-Henri-Philadelphe Bellot des Minières † (1881)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/118477
VIAF: 49256462
WikiData: Q546353

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 106
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1877, Number 50

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