Bishop Marie-Julien Meirieu †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Digne, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Nov 1800		Born
12 Jun 1824	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Oct 1848	47.8	Selected	Bishop of Digne, France
11 Dec 1848	48.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Digne, France
24 Feb 1849	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Digne, France
Jan 1880³	79.1	Retired	Bishop of Digne, France
9 Jul 1884	83.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Digne, France

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Marie-Julien Meirieu
Bishop Marie-Julien Meirieu
(born 23 Nov 1800, died 9 Jul 1884)
Bishop Emeritus of Digne

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 35.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles †
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-François-Marie Cart †
Bishop of Nîmes
Bishop Jean-Irénée Depéry †
Bishop of Gap

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † (1840)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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:
Bishop Eugène-Étienne Charbonnier, M.E.P. † (1864)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph-Antoine-Henri Jordany † (1856)
François-Marie-Anatole Cardinal de Rovérié de Cabrières † (1874)
Bishop Joseph-Sébastien-Ferdinand Terris † (1876)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 261193971
WikiData: Q64746780

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 245
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1849, Number 11

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