Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tamale

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1908		Born	Acton-Vale, Canada
29 Jun 1935	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
12 Apr 1957	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
9 Jun 1957	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
23 Jun 1972	64.2	Resigned	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
21 Dec 1976	68.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. †
Bishop Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. † (1957)
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. † (1950)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128

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