Bishop Georges Biard, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mopti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1924		Born	Paris, France
1 Feb 1950	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
29 Sep 1964	39.8	Appointed	Bishop of Mopti, Mali
2 Feb 1965	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mopti, Mali
12 Apr 1988	63.4	Resigned	Bishop of Mopti, Mali
31 Oct 2003	78.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mopti, Mali

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 38.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luc Auguste Sangaré †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jacques Le Cordier †
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Georges Biard, M. Afr. † (1965)
Archbishop Luc Auguste Sangaré † (1962)
Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury † (1958)
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 †

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