Bishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1905		Born	La Mure
10 Jun 1934	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
26 May 1949	44.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt
26 May 1949	44.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dura
2 Oct 1949	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dura
18 Jan 1952	46.7	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt
21 Dec 1958	53.6	Appointed	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
1 Dec 1980	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
27 Apr 1985	80.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

a priest for 50.9 years
a bishop for 35.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M. †
Bishop Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. † (1949)
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)
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:
Archbishop Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †

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