Bishop François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson †

Deceased

Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1821		Born	Baume-les-Dames
7 Sep 1845	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Aug 1875	53.9	Selected	Bishop of Nimes, France
23 Sep 1875	54.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Nimes, France
14 Nov 1875	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nimes, France
18 Nov 1888	67.1	Died	Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France

a priest for 43.2 years
a bishop for 13.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Cardinal Caverot †
Bishop Jean-Jacques-Marie-Antoine Guerrin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson † (1875)
Archbishop Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier † (1870)
Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac † (1853)
Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † (1840)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Antonio Cardinal Dugnani † (1785)
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 405

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