Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Lomé

Titular Bishop of Verinopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Dec 1884		Born	Quimper, France
19 Jul 1908	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
11 Jan 1921	36.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Togo
20 Mar 1923	38.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis
22 Mar 1923	38.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Togo
15 Jul 1923	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis
3 Mar 1945	60.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

a priest for 36.6 years
a bishop for 21.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A. †
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † (1923)
Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A. † (1906)
Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) † (1876)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François O'Rourke, S.M.A. †
Archbishop Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †

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