Louis-Marie Cardinal Billé †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)

Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Feb 1938		Born	Fleury-lès-Aubrais
25 Mar 1962	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Luçon, France
10 Mar 1984	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Laval, France
19 May 1984	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Laval, France
5 May 1995	57.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
10 Jul 1998	60.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
21 Feb 2001	63.0	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 2001	63.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
22 Jul 2001	63.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
12 Mar 2002	64.0	Died	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

MicroData Summary for Louis-Marie Billé
Louis-Marie Cardinal Billé (born 18 Feb 1938, died 12 Mar 2002) Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal

a priest for 39.9 years
a bishop for 17.8 years
a cardinal for 1.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †
Bishop of Luçon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul-Louis Carrière †
Bishop Emeritus of Laval
Bishop Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David
Titular Bishop of Girba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † (1966)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon † (1957)
Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)
Archbishop Paul-Marie-André Richaud † (1934)
Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas)
Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † (1919)
Bishop of Versailles
Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette † (1899)
Archbishop of Paris
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Cardinal Sourrieu † (1882)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop Pierre-Alfred Grimardias † (1866)
Bishop of Cahors
Bishop Louis-Charles Féron † (1834)
Bishop of Clermont
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
Archbishop of Besançon
Bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne † (1770)
Bishop of Langres
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Armand Maillard (1996)
Bishop Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis (1999)
Archbishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich (2000)
Bishop Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau (2001)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau (1998)
Bishop François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel (2000)

Source(s):

ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

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