Bishop Joseph Guérard †

Deceased

Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1846³		Born
13 Mar 1869	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Jul 1898	52.4	Selected	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
28 Nov 1898	52.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
2 Feb 1899	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
19 Jul 1924	78.4	Died	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Guérard
Bishop Joseph Guérard
(born 22 Jan 1846, died 19 Jul 1924)
Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)

Event Place
Birth Place Loudéac, Diocese of Saint-Brieuc
Ordained Bishop Rennes, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)
Death Place Coutances, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Buried Place (Original) St-Jean’s Chapel, Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Coutances, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)

a priest for 55.3 years
a bishop for 25.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Cardinal Labouré †
Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg †
Bishop of Moulins
Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Alinda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Cardinal Labouré † (1885)
Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)
Archbishop Guillaume-René Meignan † (1865)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Henri Louis Charles Maret † (1861)
Titular Bishop of Sura
François-Nicholas-Madeleine Cardinal Morlot † (1839)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
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:
Archbishop Pierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la Villerabel † (1915)
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente † (1918)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 211334886
WikiData: Q3185050

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 222
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1899, Number 8
23.loc: AJ, 13 Jan 2022

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