Bishop Jean-Didier de Saint Martin, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China

Bishop of Corada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jan 1743		Born
4 Apr 1767	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
1772	28.9	Professed	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
15 Jan 1782	38.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
15 Jan 1782	38.9	Appointed	Bishop of Corada
13 Jun 1784	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Corada
28 Sep 1792	49.6	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
15 Nov 1801	58.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China

MicroData Summary
Jean-Didier de Saint Martin
Bishop Jean-Didier de Saint Martin M.E.P.
(born 18 Jan 1743, died 15 Nov 1801)
Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan)

Event Place
Birth Place Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Tchengtu
Death Place Tsong-kin-tchong

a priest for 34.6 years
a bishop for 17.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François Pottier, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
Assisted by:
Father St. Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, M.E.P. †
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
Father Jean-Louis Florens, M.E.P. †
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François Pottier, M.E.P. † (1769)
Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
Bishop François Maria Magni (Magi), O.F.M. Ref. † (1765)
Titular Bishop of Miletopolis
Bishop Gottfried Xaver von Laimbeckhoven, S.J. † (1755)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis † (1753)
Bishop of Macau
Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Giovanni Battista di Mandello, O.F.M. Obs. † (1794)
Bishop St. Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, M.E.P. † (1800)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 64954284
WikiData: Q64214921

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 147, and Page 455
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1784, Number 13
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 20 Jan 2020

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