Archbishop Eugène Klein, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1916		Born
16 May 1943	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
14 Jun 1960	44.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Yule Island, Papua New Guinea
14 Jun 1960	44.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Echinus
25 Sep 1960	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Echinus
15 Nov 1966	50.7	Appointed	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
5 Jun 1971	55.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
5 Jun 1971	55.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus
7 Apr 1972	56.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Jun 1981	65.3	Resigned	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
6 Dec 1992	76.7	Died	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

MicroData Summary
Eugène Klein
Archbishop Eugène Klein M.S.C.
(born 28 Feb 1916, died 6 Dec 1992)
Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Avenheim, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame du Sacré Cœur, Basilica, Issoundun
Death Place Strasbourg, Archdiocese of Strasbourg, France

a priest for 49.5 years
a bishop for 32.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph-Charles Cardinal Lefèbvre †
Archbishop of Bourges
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †
Bishop of Strasbourg
Bishop Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. †
Titular Bishop of Menelaites

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph-Charles Cardinal Lefèbvre † (1938)
Archbishop of Bourges
Bishop Édouard Gabriel Mesguen † (1934)
Bishop of Poitiers
Bishop Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc † (1908)
Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon)
Bishop Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Marie Gouraud † (1906)
Bishop of Vannes
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. † (1970)
Bishop Francis Roland Lambert, S.M. † (1977)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Avenheim, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame du Sacré Cœur, Basilica, Issoundun
Death Place	Strasbourg, Archdiocese of Strasbourg, France

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13408134

Source(s):

c2+: LC
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 99

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