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

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 †

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