Bishop Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Apr 1903		Born
1920¹	16.6	Entered	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
29 Jun 1926	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
14 Jul 1949	46.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ngozi, Burundi
14 Jul 1949	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oliva
30 Nov 1949	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Oliva
10 Nov 1959	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi
6 Jun 1961	58.1	Appointed	Bishop of Bururi, Burundi
17 Sep 1973	70.3	Resigned	Bishop of Bururi, Burundi
13 Jun 1982	79.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Germain Martin
Bishop Joseph Germain Martin M. Afr.
(born 29 Apr 1903, died 13 Jun 1982)
Bishop Emeritus of Bururi

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Rémy-les-Chimay, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
Ordained Priest Carthage, Archdiocese of Carthage, Tunisia
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Death Place Heusy, Verviers

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Acarassus
Bishop Jean-François Cuvelier, C.Ss.R. †
Titular Bishop of Circesium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue † (1942)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † (1961)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. † (1956)
Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga † (1959)
Bishop Stanislas Kaburungu (1969)
Bishop Bernard Bududira † (1973)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Rémy-les-Chimay, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
Ordained Priest	Carthage, Archdiocese of Carthage, Tunisia
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Death Place	Heusy, Verviers

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16216168

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 107
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 512, Ascendance
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 514
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 8, Column 269, to Column 272

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