Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey, Benin

Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jan 1868		Born
16 Dec 1887	19.9	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
13 Jul 1890	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
27 Jun 1906	38.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin
27 Jun 1906	38.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum
28 Oct 1906	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum
12 Nov 1934	66.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin
29 Mar 1952	84.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey, Benin

MicroData Summary for François Steinmetz
(VIAF: 89793148; WikiData: Q63333127)
Bishop François Steinmetz S.M.A. (born 10 Jan 1868, died 29 Mar 1952) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey

Event Place
Birth Place Morschwiller, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop Fourvière, Basilica, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Death Place Ouidah, Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey

a priest for 61.7 years
a bishop for 45.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) †
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
Bishop Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) † (1876)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † (1923)
Bishop Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. † (1925)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. † (1912)
Bishop Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A. † (1912)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Morschwiller, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop	Fourvière, Basilica, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Death Place	Ouidah, Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 37
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 67
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 4 Sep 2023

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