Bishop Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jan 1911		Born	Montréal, Canada
11 Jun 1938	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
10 Jun 1948	37.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana
10 Jun 1948	37.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abitinae
20 Oct 1948	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abitinae
18 Apr 1950	39.2	Appointed	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
12 Apr 1957	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana
13 Apr 1973	62.2	Resigned	Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana
23 Jan 1976	65.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

a priest for 37.6 years
a bishop for 27.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges Cabana †
Bishop William Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. † (1948)
Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau † (1939)
Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † (1913)
Archbishop Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési † (1897)
Louis Nazaire Cardinal Bégin † (1888)
Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery †

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