Bishop Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Parlais

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1868		Born
25 May 1888	19.6	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
19 Jul 1891	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
23 Jul 1902	33.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
23 Jul 1902	33.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Parlais
9 Nov 1902	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Parlais
2 Jan 1912	43.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Joseph-Antoine Lang
(WikiData: Q20752973)
Bishop Joseph-Antoine Lang S.M.A. (born 22 Sep 1868, died 2 Jan 1912) Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin

Event Place
Birth Place Niederschaeffelsheim, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Lagos, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
Death Place Bordeaux, Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France
Buried Place (Original) Cemetery, Bordeaux, Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France

a priest for 20.4 years
a bishop for 9.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Chausse, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Louis-Joseph (Martin) Adam, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Thmuis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Temnus
Bishop Maximilian Albert, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Louis-Joseph (Martin) Adam, C.S.Sp. † (1897)
Titular Bishop of Thmuis
Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. † (1886)
Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
Archbishop François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Niederschaeffelsheim, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Lagos, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
Death Place	Bordeaux, Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France
Buried Place (Original)	Cemetery, Bordeaux, Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 441
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1902, Number 62
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 3 Sep 2023

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