Archbishop Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion, O.P. †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq

Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis

Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jun 1826		Born
3 Mar 1874	47.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad, Iraq
13 Mar 1874	47.7	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
13 Mar 1874	47.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
12 Apr 1874	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
8 Aug 1883	57.1	Died	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq

MicroData Summary for Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion
(VIAF: 316444377; WikiData: Q3059997)
Archbishop Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion O.P. (born 1 Jun 1826, died 8 Aug 1883) Apostolic Delegate of Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia

Event Place
Birth Place Reims, Archdiocese of Reims, France
Ordained Bishop Carmelite Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France

a bishop for 9.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joachim-Hyacinthe Gonin, O.P. †
Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Bishop Joseph-Armand Gignoux †
Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal 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 Priest:
Archbishop François Marie-Dominique Berré, O.P. † (1882)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Reims, Archdiocese of Reims, France
Ordained Bishop	Carmelite Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 137, and Page 239
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1874, Number 19

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