Bishop Robert Marie Jean Victor de Boissonneaux de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1920		Born	Besançon, France
29 Sep 1940	20.2	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
3 Oct 1948	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
21 Dec 1973	53.4	Appointed	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
23 Feb 1974	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
10 Jul 1995	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
11 Jun 2011	90.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania

a priest for 62.7 years
a bishop for 37.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Hyacinthe Cardinal Thiandoum †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Armand François M. Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Robert Marie Jean Victor de Boissonneaux de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. † (1974)
Hyacinthe Cardinal Thiandoum † (1962)
Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury † (1958)
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr.

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