Bishop Amiel-François Bessière †

Deceased

Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1869		Born	Saint-Chinian, France
29 Jun 1892	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Jan 1917	47.0	Appointed	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
11 Apr 1917	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
3 Oct 1923	53.8	Died	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria

a priest for 31.3 years
a bishop for 6.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †
Bishop Alexandre Piquemal †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Amiel-François Bessière † (1917)
Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse † (1916)
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. †

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