Bishop Léon-Adolphe Lenfant †

Deceased

Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jan 1858		Born
22 May 1880	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Paris, France
16 Apr 1881	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paris, France
1 Jun 1915	57.3	Appointed	Bishop of Digne, France
8 Sep 1915	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Digne, France
6 Aug 1917	59.5	Died	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

MicroData Summary
Léon-Adolphe Lenfant
Bishop Léon-Adolphe Lenfant
(born 8 Jan 1858, died 6 Aug 1917)
Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron)

Event Place
Birth Place Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Deacon Saint-Sulpice, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Priest Archbishop's Palace, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Death Place Digne, Diocese of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron)
Buried Place (Original) Vaugirard, Cemetery, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris

a priest for 36.3 years
a bishop for 1.9 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Principal Consecrator:
Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Dominique Castellan †
Archbishop of Chambéry
Bishop Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues †
Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette † (1899)
Archbishop of Paris
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Cardinal Sourrieu † (1882)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop Pierre-Alfred Grimardias † (1866)
Bishop of Cahors
Bishop Louis-Charles Féron † (1834)
Bishop of Clermont
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
Archbishop of Besançon
Bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne † (1770)
Bishop of Langres
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/210702
VIAF: 89171134
WikiData: Q64697684

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1915, Number 55
od/c01/loc: AJ, 28 Jul 2022
b: AJ, 7 Sep 2022

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