Bishop Charles-Joseph Nicolas, S.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)

Titular Bishop of Panopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Feb 1860		Born
22 Sep 1888	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
12 Aug 1918	58.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)
12 Aug 1918	58.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Panopolis
2 Feb 1919	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Panopolis
2 Apr 1922	62.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)
15 Aug 1941	81.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)

MicroData Summary
Charles-Joseph Nicolas
Bishop Charles-Joseph Nicolas S.M.
(born 10 Feb 1860, died 15 Aug 1941)
Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island

Event Place
Birth Place Jussy, France

a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 22.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo †
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Mary Redwood, S.M. †
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop John Joseph Carroll †
Bishop of Lismore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo † (1917)
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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:
Bishop Joseph Darnand, S.M. † (1920)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q48877476

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 5

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