Bishop Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China

Titular Bishop of Otrus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jan 1900		Born
1925	24.9	Professed	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères
21 Sep 1929	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
11 Jul 1939	39.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin], China
11 Jul 1939	39.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Otrus
15 Nov 1939	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Otrus
16 Nov 1945	45.8	Resigned	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin], China
16 Nov 1945	45.8	Appointed	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
7 Aug 1960	60.5	Resigned	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
22 Apr 1995	95.2	Died	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China

MicroData Summary for Charles-Joseph Lemaire
(VIAF: 240487024; WikiData: Q64214581)
Bishop Charles-Joseph Lemaire M.E.P. (born 16 Jan 1900, died 22 Apr 1995) Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin]

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 Bertry, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Priest Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Kirin, Vicariate Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin]
Death Place Hong-Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

a priest for 65.5 years
a bishop for 55.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Lambaesis
Bishop Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. †
Titular Bishop of Cardicium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. † (1921)
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Bishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. † (1890)
Titular Bishop of Milo
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal 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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. † (1946)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. † (1946)
Bishop Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. † (1953)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. † (1956)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P. † (1947)
Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa † (1976)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bertry, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Priest	Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Kirin, Vicariate Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin]
Death Place	Hong-Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Source(s):

c2+: LC
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1939, Number 71
op/c1/loc: AJ, 3 Jul 2018
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020

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