Bishop Nicolas Champenois, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India

Titular Bishop of Doliche

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Apr 1734³		Born
13 Jan 1774	39.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Reims, France
13 Jul 1776	42.2	Entered	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
14 Jun 1785	51.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India
14 Jun 1785	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Doliche
5 Nov 1786	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Doliche
8 Nov 1791	57.6	Succeeded	Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India
30 Oct 1810	76.5	Died	Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Nicolas Champenois
Bishop Nicolas Champenois M.E.P.
(born Apr 1734, died 30 Oct 1810)
Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry

Event Place
Birth Place Reims, Archdiocese of Reims, France
Death Place Pondicherry, Mission "Sui Iuris" of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry

a priest for 36.7 years
a bishop for 23.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Thabraca
Assisted by:
Father M. Guirbaldi, M.E.P.
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
Father Pierre Magny, M.E.P. †
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † (1757)
Titular Bishop of Thabraca
Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes † (1755)
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Bishop Manuel de Matos, O.F.M. Disc. † (1754)
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Archbishop Manuel José Rubio y Salinas † (1749)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Domingo Pantaleón Álvarez de Abreu † (1738)
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Bishop Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas † (1731)
Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}
Bishop Julián Domínguez y Toledo † (1728)
Bishop of Valladolid
Bishop Silvestre García Escalona † (1702)
Bishop of Salamanca
Patriarch Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán † (1691)
Patriarch of West Indies
Luis Manuel Cardinal Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio † (1678)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Jaime de Palafox y Cardona † (1677)
Archbishop of Palermo
Carlo Cardinal Pio di Savoia † (1655)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Giambattista Cardinal Spada † (1643)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Bishop of Lucca
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Arnaud-Antoine Garnault, M.E.P. † (1787)

External Link(s):

France-Asia Research Institute: 0252
WikiData: Q18619179

Source(s):

c2: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 198
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1786, Number 24

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