Clément-Emile Cardinal Roques †

Deceased

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

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina

Motto: In Fide Et Lenitate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1880		Born
2 Apr 1904	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Apr 1929	48.3	Appointed	Bishop of Montauban, France
24 Jun 1929	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Montauban, France
24 Dec 1934	54.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
11 May 1940	59.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
18 Feb 1946	65.1	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 1946	65.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
4 Sep 1964	83.7	Died	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

MicroData Summary
Clément-Emile Roques
Clément-Emile Cardinal Roques
(born 8 Dec 1880, died 4 Sep 1964)
Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Graulhet, Archdiocese of Albi
Ordained Bishop Sainte-Cécile, Cathedral, Albi, Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
Death Place Rennes, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)

a priest for 60.4 years
a bishop for 35.1 years
a cardinal for 18.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierre-Célestin Cézerac †
Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jules-Géraud Saliège †
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Bishop Charles Challiol †
Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pierre-Célestin Cézerac † (1912)
Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
Archbishop Jean-François-Ernest Ricard † (1901)
Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez)
Bishop Louis-Eugène Francqueville † (1900)
Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres)
Bishop Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien † (1896)
Bishop of Amiens
Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin † (1880)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
Bishop Théodore Legain † (1871)
Bishop of Montauban
Archbishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez † (1851)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Archbishop René-François Régnier † (1842)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Denis-Auguste Affre † (1840)
Archbishop of Paris
Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles Cardinal de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais † (1802)
Bishop of Arras
Archbishop Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure † (1754)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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)

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Eugène-Marie Ernoult † (1951)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Victor-Jean Perrin † (1946)
Bishop Armand Coupel † (1946)
Bishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel † (1947)
Bishop Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel † (1952)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Joseph Pays † (1932)
Bishop Elie-Antoine Durand † (1935)
Archbishop Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M. † (1937)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/251244
VIAF: 22278174
WikiData: Q642092

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1929, Number 48

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