Bishop Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop of Moundou

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Feb 1930		Born	Grimisuat
11 Sep 1951	21.6	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
21 Jun 1955	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
9 Mar 1985	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
12 May 1985	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
18 Sep 1989	59.6	Died	Bishop of Moundou, Chad

a priest for 34.2 years
a bishop for 4.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henri Véniat, S.J. †
Bishop Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. † (1985)
Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi (1980)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michele Russo, M.C.C.I.

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