Archbishop René-Pierre Mignen †

Deceased

Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jan 1875		Born
18 Dec 1897	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 Aug 1922	47.5	Appointed	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
21 Nov 1922	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
30 Nov 1922	47.8	Installed	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
21 Jul 1931	56.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
14 Oct 1931	56.7	Installed	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
1 Nov 1939	64.7	Died	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

MicroData Summary
René-Pierre Mignen
Archbishop René-Pierre Mignen
(born 19 Jan 1875, died 1 Nov 1939)
Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)

Event Place
Birth Place La Chapelle-Palluau

a priest for 41.8 years
a bishop for 16.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gustave-Lazare Garnier †
Bishop of Luçon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Marie Gouraud †
Bishop of Vannes
Bishop Gabriel-Roch de Llobet †
Bishop of Gap

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gustave-Lazare Garnier † (1916)
Bishop of Luçon
Bishop Pierre Chatelus † (1910)
Bishop of Nevers
Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) † (1876)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Emmanuel Coste † (1926)
Bishop François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. † (1935)
Bishop Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. † (1936)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alexandre-Philibert Poirier † (1926)
Bishop Camille Pic † (1929)
Bishop Charles Massé † (1938)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/223019
VIAF: 89654902
WikiData: Q3425722

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1922, Number 72

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