Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Aug 1896		Born	Marolles-les-Braults
10 Jun 1922	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Aug 1951	55.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France
21 Aug 1951	55.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhandus
11 Oct 1951	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhandus
30 Aug 1957	61.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Le Mans, France
4 May 1959	62.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Le Mans, France
28 Oct 1971	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Le Mans, France
4 Mar 1976	79.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 24.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet †
Archbishop Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier † (1951)
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente † (1918)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
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 Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix †
Bishop Victor-Julien-André Gouet †

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