Bishop Louis Bel, C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia

Titular Bishop of Agathopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Sep 1823		Born	Castelfranc, France
1847	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
11 Jul 1865	41.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
11 Jul 1865	41.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
22 Oct 1865	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
1 Mar 1868	44.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia

a priest for 21.2 years
a bishop for 2.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Guglielmo Cardinal Massaia, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Antoine Boutonnet †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis Bel, C.M. † (1865)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

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