Bishop François Lapierre

Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Motto: Selon Ta Parole

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jul 1941		Born
13 May 1965	23.8	Perpetual Vows	Member of Société des Missions-Étrangères
18 Dec 1965	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères
10 Mar 1975	33.6	Incardinated	Priest of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
1979²	37.4	Incardinated	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères
28 May 1991	49.8	Appointed	Superior General of Société des Missions-Étrangères
7 Apr 1998	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
16 Jun 1998	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
29 Jun 2017	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
François Lapierre
Bishop François Lapierre
(born 16 Jul 1941)
Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe

Ad Limina - May 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place West Shefford (Bromont), Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
Ordained Priest Granby
Ordained Bishop St-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur, Cathedral, Saint-Hyacinthe, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. †
Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec
Archbishop André Gaumond †
Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. † (1974)
Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
Archbishop Guido Del Mestri † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Tuscamia
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A. (2017)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1451092

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2011, Page 624
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,338
r: Bollettino, 29 Jun 2017
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 2,026, and Page 3, to Page 23

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