Bishop Jean-René Bessieux, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}

Titular Bishop of Callipolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1803		Born	Vélieux, France
13 Jun 1829	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
20 Jun 1848	44.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon
20 Jun 1848	44.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Callipolis
14 Jan 1849	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Callipolis
6 Feb 1863	59.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon
30 Apr 1876	72.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon

a priest for 46.9 years
a bishop for 27.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre-Louis Parisis †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Aloyse Kobès, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-René Bessieux, C.S.Sp. † (1849)
Bishop Pierre-Louis Parisis † (1835)
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
César-Guillaume Cardinal de la Luzerne † (1770)
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Bishop Jean-François de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Nicolò Cardinal Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini, Sr. † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de' Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere †

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