Bishop Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard †

Deceased

Bishop of Carcassonne

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1829		Born	Saint-Valèry-en-Caux
17 Dec 1853	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rouen, France
17 Feb 1881	51.3	Selected	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
13 May 1881	51.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
25 Jul 1881	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
3 Dec 1901	72.1	Died	Bishop of Carcassonne, France

a priest for 48.0 years
a bishop for 20.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop François-Edouard Hasley †
Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard † (1881)
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose † (1848)
Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. † (1833)
Giacinto Placido Cardinal Zurla, O.S.B. † (1824)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon †
Bishop Victor Maréchal †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 181

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