Bishop Henri Joulain, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1852		Born
22 May 1875	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
20 Jul 1893	40.8	Appointed	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
24 Aug 1893	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
8 Feb 1919	66.3	Died	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Henri Joulain
Bishop Henri Joulain O.M.I.
(born 24 Sep 1852, died 8 Feb 1919)
Bishop of Jaffna

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Romans-les-Melle, Diocese of Poitiers, France
Ordained Bishop St. Andre, Niort

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 25.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Colombo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Saint-Albert, Alberta
Bishop Clovis-Nicolas-Joseph Catteau †
Bishop of Luçon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. † (1880)
Archbishop of Colombo
Bishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. † (1868)
Titular Bishop of Medea
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. † (1898)
Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † (1898)
Bishop Bede Beckmeyer, O.S.B. † (1912)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64682871

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 327
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1893, Number 54

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