Bishop Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Niamey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1919		Born	Pélussin, France
4 Aug 1946	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
21 Mar 1961	42.0	Appointed	Bishop of Niamey, Niger
21 May 1961	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Niamey, Niger
25 Jun 1984	65.3	Resigned	Bishop of Niamey, Niger
22 Sep 1992	73.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger

a priest for 46.1 years
a bishop for 31.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Fulton John Sheen †
Bishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R. † (1961)
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † (1925)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Marcel Pierre Marie Chauvin, C.SS.R. †
Bishop Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R.

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