Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette †

Deceased

Archbishop of Paris

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1850		Born	Douville
20 Dec 1873	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paris, France
8 Jul 1898	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
28 Nov 1898	48.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
25 Jan 1899	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
21 Feb 1906	55.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris, France
21 Feb 1906	55.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Side
28 Jan 1908	57.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Paris, France
27 Nov 1911	61.2	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Nov 1911	61.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina
29 Aug 1920	70.0	Died	Archbishop of Paris, France

Consistory - 1911: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1914: Participated

a priest for 46.7 years
a bishop for 21.6 years
a cardinal for 8.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Cardinal Sourrieu †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Louis-François Sueur †
Bishop Philippe Meunier †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette † (1899)
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Cardinal Sourrieu † (1882)
Bishop Pierre-Alfred Grimardias † (1866)
Bishop Louis-Charles Féron † (1834)
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
César-Guillaume Cardinal de la Luzerne † (1770)
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Bishop Jean-François de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Nicolò Cardinal Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini, Sr. † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de' Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Desanti †
Bishop Jules-Laurent-Benjamin Morelle †
Bishop Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Emmanuel-Jules-Marie Marbeau †
Archbishop Jacques-Emile Sontag, C.M. †
Bishop Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues †
Bishop Léon-Adophe Lenfant †
Archbishop Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière †
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pelt †
Archbishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †
Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire †
Bishop Louis-Jean Dechelette †

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