Bishop André-Albert Blais †

Deceased

Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Aug 1842		Born
6 Jun 1868	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Québec, Canada
28 Dec 1889	47.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
28 Dec 1889	47.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
18 May 1890	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
6 Feb 1891	48.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
8 Mar 1891	48.5	Installed	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
23 Jan 1919	76.4	Died	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary for André-Albert Blais
(VIAF: 51221495; WikiData: Q653990)
Bishop André-Albert Blais (born 26 Aug 1842, died 23 Jan 1919) Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of)

Event Place
Birth Place St-Vallier-de-Bellechasse
Ordained Priest Québec, Archdiocese of Québec
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Québec, Archdiocese of Québec
Death Place Cathedral, Rimouski, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Buried Place (Original) Municipal, Cemetery, Rimouski, Archdiocese of Rimouski, Québec

a priest for 50.6 years
a bishop for 28.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Charles-François Baillargeon †
Archbishop of Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau †
Archbishop of Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Narcisse Zéphirin Lorrain †
Titular Bishop of Chytri
Bishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin †
Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop François-Xavier Ross † (1894)
Bishop Alfred-Odilon Comtois † (1898)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michel-Thomas Labrecque † (1892)
Bishop François-Xavier Cloutier † (1899)
Archbishop Paul-Eugène Roy † (1908)

Event	Place
Birth Place	St-Vallier-de-Bellechasse
Ordained Priest	Québec, Archdiocese of Québec
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Québec, Archdiocese of Québec
Death Place	Cathedral, Rimouski, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Buried Place (Original)	Municipal, Cemetery, Rimouski, Archdiocese of Rimouski, Québec

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 284, and Page 285
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1890, Number 28
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 256, and Page 257

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