Bishop Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1905		Born	Saint-Pierre-du-Champ, France
20 Aug 1933	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
14 Dec 1959	54.1	Appointed	Prefect of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
16 Jan 1964	58.2	Appointed	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
1 May 1964	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
22 Apr 1978	72.5	Resigned	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
9 Oct 1987	82.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

a priest for 54.1 years
a bishop for 23.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. † (1964)
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin (1957)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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 Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap.

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