Bishop Guillaume Piguel, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam

Titular Bishop of Canatha

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1722		Born
21 Dec 1748	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
29 Jul 1762	39.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam
29 Jul 1762	39.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Canatha
9 Dec 1764	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Canatha
21 Jun 1771	48.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam

MicroData Summary
Guillaume Piguel
Bishop Guillaume Piguel M.E.P.
(born 4 Dec 1722, died 21 Jun 1771)
Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}

Event Place
Birth Place La Mézière, France

a priest for 22.5 years
a bishop for 6.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Thabraca
Assisted by:
Father Pierre-Jean Kerhervé, M.E.P. †
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † (1757)
Titular Bishop of Thabraca
Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes † (1755)
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Bishop Manuel de Matos, O.F.M. Disc. † (1754)
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Archbishop Manuel José Rubio y Salinas † (1749)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Domingo Pantaleón Álvarez de Abreu † (1738)
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Bishop Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas † (1731)
Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}
Bishop Julián Domínguez y Toledo † (1728)
Bishop of Valladolid
Bishop Silvestre García Escalona † (1702)
Bishop of Salamanca
Patriarch Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán † (1691)
Patriarch of West Indies
Luis Manuel Cardinal Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio † (1678)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Jaime de Palafox y Cardona † (1677)
Archbishop of Palermo
Carlo Cardinal Pio di Savoia † (1655)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Giambattista Cardinal Spada † (1643)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Bishop of Lucca
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

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WikiData: Q22020501

Source(s):

b/c2: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1764, Number 43
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 145, and Page 455

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