Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray †

Deceased

Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Apr 1825		Born
19 Mar 1852	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
19 Dec 1876	51.6	Appointed	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
22 Apr 1877	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
26 Sep 1879	54.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
26 Sep 1879	54.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis
23 Oct 1879	54.5	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
27 Dec 1883	58.6	Succeeded	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
23 Sep 1887	62.4	Died	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

MicroData Summary for Francis Xavier Leray
(WikiData: Q13847624)
Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray (born 20 Apr 1825, died 23 Sep 1887) Archbishop of New Orleans

Event Place
Birth Place Chateaugiron, Archdiocese of Rennes, France
Ordained Priest Natchez, Diocese of Natchez, Mississippi
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Rennes, Archdiocese of Rennes, France

a priest for 35.5 years
a bishop for 10.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Joseph Mary Benedict Chanche, P.S.S. †
Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi
Principal Consecrator:
Godefroy Cardinal Brossais Saint-Marc †
Archbishop of Rennes
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Célestine René Laurent Guynemer de la Hailandière †
Bishop Emeritus of Vincennes, Indiana
Bishop Charles-Marie-Denis-Anselme Nouvel de La Flèche, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Godefroy Cardinal Brossais Saint-Marc † (1841)
Archbishop of Rennes
Bishop Claude-Louis de Lesquen † (1823)
Bishop Emeritus of Rennes
Archbishop Pierre-François-Gabriel-Raymond-Ignace-Ferdinand de Bausset-Roquefort † (1808)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Archbishop Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé † (1770)
Archbishop of Aix
Archbishop Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon † (1725)
Archbishop of Reims
Henri-Pons Cardinal de Thiard de Bissy † (1692)
Bishop of Meaux
Archbishop Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette † (1676)
Archbishop of Sens
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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Durier † (1885)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chateaugiron, Archdiocese of Rennes, France
Ordained Priest	Natchez, Diocese of Natchez, Mississippi
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Rennes, Archdiocese of Rennes, France

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 323, and Page 403
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 418
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1877, Number 11
opd/c1: CB, 11 May 2022

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