Bishop Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

Titular Bishop of Uthina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1878		Born
28 Jun 1905	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
14 Apr 1926	47.3	Appointed	Prefect of Navrongo, Ghana
26 Feb 1934	55.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uthina
26 Feb 1934	55.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana
19 Apr 1934	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uthina
15 Apr 1947	68.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana
6 Apr 1952	73.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

MicroData Summary
Oscar Morin
Bishop Oscar Morin M. Afr.
(born 24 Dec 1878, died 6 Apr 1952)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo

Event Place
Birth Place Sainte-Cunégonde, Canada

a priest for 46.7 years
a bishop for 17.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Georges Gauthier †
Titular Archbishop of Tharona
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps †
Titular Bishop of Thennesus
Bishop Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †
Titular Bishop of Ruspae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Georges Gauthier † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Tharona
Archbishop Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési † (1897)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin † (1888)
Titular Archbishop of Cyrene
Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. † (1946)
Bishop André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. † (1946)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64775886

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1951
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1934, Number 27

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