Hector-Irénée Cardinal Sévin †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Mar 1852		Born
10 Jun 1876	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Belley, France
9 Mar 1908	55.9	Appointed	Bishop of Châlons, France
5 Apr 1908	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Châlons, France
2 Dec 1912	60.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
25 May 1914	62.1	Elevated to Cardinal
28 May 1914	62.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
4 May 1916	64.1	Died	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

MicroData Summary
Hector-Irénée Sévin
Hector-Irénée Cardinal Sévin
(born 22 Mar 1852, died 4 May 1916)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)

Consistory - 1914: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1914: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Simandre, Diocese of Belley
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Belley, Diocese of Belley
Death Place Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)
Buried Place (Original) Saint-Jean, Cathedral, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne)

a priest for 39.9 years
a bishop for 8.0 years
a cardinal for 1.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon †
Archbishop of Reims
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty †
Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)
Bishop François-Auguste Labeuche †
Bishop of Belley

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Jacques-Louis Monestès † (1911)
Bishop Jean-Marie Bourchany † (1914)
Bishop Désiré-Hyacinthe Berthoin † (1915)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Adolph Manier † (1910)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/154233
VIAF: 89508292
WikiData: Q1246898

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1908, Number 23
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
23.loc: AJ, 25 Nov 2021

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