Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Aug 1904		Born	Nantes, France
29 Jun 1929	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
24 Oct 1947	43.2	Appointed	Prefect of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
27 Jun 1954	49.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
27 Jun 1954	49.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sufetula
28 Oct 1954	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sufetula
14 Sep 1955	51.1	Appointed	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
19 Nov 1965	61.3	Resigned	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
19 Nov 1965	61.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania
28 Jul 1976	72.0	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania
13 Oct 1985	81.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

a priest for 56.3 years
a bishop for 31.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Massé †
Bishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. † (1954)
Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet † (1936)
Archbishop Louis-Joseph Fillon † (1929)
Louis-Joseph Cardinal Maurin † (1911)
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthyme Bayala †
Bishop Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. †

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