Archbishop Alfred-Jules Mélisson †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Sep 1842		Born
15 Apr 1865	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Le Mans, France
10 Oct 1907	65.0	Appointed	Bishop of Blois, France
30 Nov 1907	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Blois, France
9 Feb 1925	82.3	Retired	Bishop of Blois, France
9 Feb 1925	82.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia
11 Jul 1925	82.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Viminacium
6 Jun 1927	84.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

MicroData Summary
Alfred-Jules Mélisson
Archbishop Alfred-Jules Mélisson
(born 21 Sep 1842, died 6 Jun 1927)
Bishop Emeritus of Blois

Event Place
Birth Place Parigné-l`Évêque

a priest for 62.1 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils †
Bishop of Le Mans
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Rumeau †
Bishop of Angers
Bishop Louis-Ernest Dubois †
Bishop of Verdun

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Marie-Augustin-Olivier de Durfort de Civbac de Lorge † (1911)
Archbishop Joseph-Marie Tissier † (1913)
Bishop Gustave Vié † (1916)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315950103
WikiData: Q64752256

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 87
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1907, Number 67

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