Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils †

Deceased

Bishop of Le Mans

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Apr 1841		Born	Cherbourg
23 Dec 1865	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Mar 1898	57.0	Selected	Bishop of Le Mans, France
24 Mar 1898	57.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Le Mans, France
29 Jun 1898	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Le Mans, France
11 Jul 1898	57.3	Installed	Bishop of Le Mans, France
2 Jun 1912	71.2	Died	Bishop of Le Mans, France

a priest for 46.4 years
a bishop for 13.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre-Marie Belmont †
Bishop Charles-Joseph-Louis-Abel Gilbert †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
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 Consecrator of:
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois †
Archbishop Alfred-Jules Mélisson †
Archbishop Marie-Augustin-Olivier de Durfort de Civbac de Lorge †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire †
Bishop Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 195

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