Bishop François Gros †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1801		Born
23 Dec 1826	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Sep 1866	65.5	Selected	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
22 Feb 1867	65.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
1 May 1867	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
3 Mar 1873	72.0	Resigned	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
8 Dec 1883	82.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France

MicroData Summary
François Gros
Bishop François Gros
(born 28 Feb 1801, died 8 Dec 1883)
Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Offenge-Dessous
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Chambéry, Archdiocese of Chambéry

a priest for 56.9 years
a bishop for 16.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Alexis Cardinal Billiet †
Archbishop of Chambéry
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Marie Vibert †
Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Bishop Gaspard Mermillod †
Titular Bishop of Hebron

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alexis Cardinal Billiet † (1826)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Archbishop François-Marie Bigex † (1817)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro di Villanova † (1784)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Charles-François Turinaz † (1873)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michel Rosset † (1876)
Bishop Jean-Pierre-Ignace Galfione, O.F.M. Cap. † (1880)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 27055548
WikiData: Q3084777

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 535
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1867, Number 27

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