Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jul 1902		Born
29 Jun 1925	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Orléans, France
8 Aug 1957	55.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans, France
8 Aug 1957	55.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
9 Oct 1957	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
3 Feb 1961	58.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Langres, France
15 Jan 1964	61.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Langres, France
5 Aug 1975	73.0	Resigned	Bishop of Langres, France
13 Jul 1987	85.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

MicroData Summary for Alfred-Joseph Atton
(VIAF: 31986307; WikiData: Q2834913)
Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton (born 10 Jul 1902, died 13 Jul 1987) Bishop Emeritus of Langres

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Gien, Diocese of Orléans
Ordained Bishop Sainte-Croix, Cathedral, Orléans, Diocese of Orléans
Death Place Paris, Archdiocese of Paris

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 29.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Robert Picard de la Vacquerie †
Bishop of Orléans
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marc-Armand Lallier †
Archbishop of Marseille
Bishop Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †
Titular Bishop of Antiochia Parva

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Robert Picard de la Vacquerie † (1946)
Bishop of Orléans
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Bishop of Laval
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet † (1964)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé † (1961)
Archbishop Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † (1975)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gien, Diocese of Orléans
Ordained Bishop	Sainte-Croix, Cathedral, Orléans, Diocese of Orléans
Death Place	Paris, Archdiocese of Paris

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 114

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