Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain †

Deceased

Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1833		Born
11 Oct 1857	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
27 Nov 1875	42.6	Selected	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
28 Jan 1876	42.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
19 Mar 1876	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
12 Nov 1897	64.6	Died	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France

MicroData Summary
Abel-Anastase Germain
Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain
(born 31 Mar 1833, died 12 Nov 1897)
Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Sylvain, Diocese of Bayeux (-Lisieux)
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bayeux, Diocese of Bayeux (-Lisieux)
Buried Place (Original) Our Lady’s Chapel, Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Coutances, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)

a priest for 40.0 years
a bishop for 21.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose †
Archbishop of Rouen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles-Frédéric Rousselet †
Bishop of Sées {Séez}
Bishop François Grolleau †
Bishop of Évreux

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose † (1848)
Archbishop of Rouen
Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. † (1833)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Giacinto Placido Cardinal Zurla, O.S.B. † (1824)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet † (1892)
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente † (1894)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet † (1893)
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente † (1895)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jules Cléret † (1890)
Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. † (1892)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pierre-Marie Osouf, M.E.P. † (1877)
Archbishop François-Edouard Hasley † (1878)
Archbishop Arthur-Xavier Ducellier † (1878)
Bishop Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard † (1881)
Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Cardinal Touchet † (1894)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Sylvain, Diocese of Bayeux (-Lisieux)
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Bayeux, Diocese of Bayeux (-Lisieux)
Buried Place (Original)	Our Lady’s Chapel, Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Coutances, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/159249
VIAF: 14868918
WikiData: Q318327

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 222
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1876, Number 24
23.loc: AJ, 13 Jan 2022
opd: CB, 10 Sep 2022

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