Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Feb 1938		Born
12 Nov 1957	19.7	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
21 Dec 1963	25.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Friars Preachers
5 Jul 1964	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
4 Aug 1987	49.4	Appointed	Bishop of Metz, France
11 Oct 1987	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metz, France
27 Sep 2013	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Metz, France
2 Feb 2024	85.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

MicroData Summary for Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin
(VIAF: 47493; WikiData: Q1310233)
Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin O.P. (born 13 Feb 1938, died 2 Feb 2024) Bishop Emeritus of Metz

Ad Limina - October 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Nancy, Diocese of Nancy (-Toul)
Ordained Deacon St-Sulpice, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Priest Le Saulchoir, Convent, Étiolles, Diocese of Versailles
Ordained Bishop Saint-Étienne, Cathedral, Metz, Diocese of Metz
Death Place Metz, Diocese of Metz

a priest for 59.5 years
a bishop for 36.3 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot †
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Thracia
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard †
Bishop of Versailles
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles Amarin Brand †
Bishop of Strasbourg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean Marie Julien Balland †
Bishop of Dijon
Bishop Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †
Bishop of Oran

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles Amarin Brand † (1972)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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:
Bishop Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. † (1988)
Bishop Alphonse Émile Georger (1998)
Bishop Marc Camille Michel Stenger (1999)
Archbishop Roland Minnerath (2004)
Archbishop Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy (2008)
Bishop Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P. (2017)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Number 9,162
r: Bollettino, 27 Sep 2013
r: CB, 8 Oct 2013
c1: AJ, 8 Nov 2017
od/c0/loc: AJ, 3 Jul 2018
d: CB, 2 Feb 2024

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