Bishop Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

Motto: Apparuit Humanitas Salvatoris

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1930		Born
7 Dec 1954	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
28 Nov 1992	62.7	Appointed	Bishop of Viviers, France
10 Jan 1993	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Viviers, France
28 Aug 1998	68.5	Appointed	Bishop of Nice, France
28 Mar 2005	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Nice, France
23 Sep 2011	81.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ajaccio, France
22 Feb 2012	82.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Ajaccio, France
12 May 2026	96.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

MicroData Summary
Jean Marie Louis Bonfils
Bishop Jean Marie Louis Bonfils S.M.A.
(born 15 Feb 1930, died 12 May 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Nice

Event Place
Birth Place Montpellier, Diocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Ordained Bishop St. Vincent, Cathedral, Viviers, Diocese of Viviers
Death Place Nice, Diocese of Nice

a priest for 71.4 years
a bishop for 33.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Albert Florent Augustin Cardinal Decourtray †
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean Hermil †
Bishop Emeritus of Viviers
Bishop Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier
Bishop of Annecy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Albert Florent Augustin Cardinal Decourtray † (1971)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Bishop Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † (1964)
Bishop of Lille
Achille Cardinal Liénart † (1928)
Bishop of Lille
Bishop Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † (1921)
Bishop of Amiens
Bishop Héctor Raphaël Quilliet † (1914)
Bishop of Lille
Archbishop Jean-Arthur Chollet † (1910)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Louis-Ernest Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Bourges
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Bernard César Augustin Barsi † (2000)
Archbishop Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno (2001)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba † (1993)
Bishop François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel (2000)
Bishop Victor Agbanou (2000)
Archbishop Norbert José Henri Turini (2004)
Archbishop Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay (2012)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 19703337
WikiData: Q764429

Source(s):

ab: CB, 23 Sep 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133, Number 11,995
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139
d: CB, 13 May 2026

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