Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Langres

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jul 1902		Born	Gien
29 Jun 1925	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Orléans, France
8 Aug 1957	55.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans, France
8 Aug 1957	55.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
9 Oct 1957	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
3 Feb 1961	58.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Langres, France
15 Jan 1964	61.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Langres, France
5 Aug 1975	73.1	Resigned	Bishop of Langres, France
13 Jul 1987	85.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 29.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Robert Picard de la Vacquerie †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marc-Armand Lallier †
Archbishop Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton † (1957)
Archbishop Robert Picard de la Vacquerie † (1946)
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé †
Archbishop Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz

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