Robert-Joseph Cardinal Coffy †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Oct 1920		Born	Le Biot
28 Oct 1944	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Feb 1967	46.3	Appointed	Bishop of Gap, France
23 Apr 1967	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gap, France
15 Jun 1974	53.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
13 Apr 1985	64.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Marseille, France
28 Jun 1991	70.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1991	70.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort
22 Apr 1995	74.5	Retired	Archbishop of Marseille, France
15 Jul 1995	74.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

Consistory - 1991: Created Cardinal

a priest for 50.7 years
a bishop for 28.2 years
a cardinal for 4.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop André Charles Collini †
Bishop Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Robert-Joseph Cardinal Coffy † (1967)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage † (1962)
Achille Cardinal Liènart † (1928)
Bishop Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † (1921)
Archbishop Hector-Raphaël Quilliet † (1914)
Archbishop Jean-Arthur Chollet † (1910)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier
Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal Ricard
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop René-Alexandre Dupanloup †
Archbishop Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex
Bishop Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy
Bishop Guy Claude Bagnard

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