Archbishop François Lesné, C.M. †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate to Persia

Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia

Apostolic Administrator of Ispahan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Aug 1846		Born
1868¹	21.3	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Mission
20 Apr 1896	49.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia
20 Apr 1896	49.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Persia
20 Apr 1896	49.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ispahan, Iran
28 Jun 1896	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia
11 Feb 1910	63.5	Died	Apostolic Delegate to Persia

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for François Lesné
(WikiData: Q64744833)
Archbishop François Lesné C.M. (born 10 Aug 1846, died 11 Feb 1910) Apostolic Delegate of Persia

Event Place
Birth Place Maroué, France
Ordained Bishop 95, rue de Sevres, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France

a bishop for 13.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
Bishop Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †
Titular Bishop of Colophon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Maroué, France
Ordained Bishop	95, rue de Sevres, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 453
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1896, Number 26

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