Bishop Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1899		Born
28 Mar 1925	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
17 Jun 1937	37.6	Appointed	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
6 Dec 1937	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
6 Oct 1972	72.9	Resigned	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
5 Feb 1975	75.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

MicroData Summary
Marcel Olivier Maradan
Bishop Marcel Olivier Maradan O.F.M. Cap.
(born 11 Oct 1899, died 5 Feb 1975)
Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

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 Ecuvillens

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 37.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini †
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Olba
Bishop Bernard Alexis Burquier, C.R.A. †
Titular Bishop of Bethleem

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François Charrière † (1945)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 209768704
WikiData: Q64697691

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1937, Number 83

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