Louis-Marie Cardinal Billé †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Feb 1938		Born
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 (VIAF: 14890579)
Louis-Marie Cardinal Billé (born 18 Feb 1938, died 12 Mar 2002) Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Fleury-lès-Aubrais

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-Alexandre 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 Sansoni 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. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Armand Henri Paul 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)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Fleury-lès-Aubrais

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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