Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chipata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Mar 1913		Born	Saint-Pie-de-Bagot, Canada
10 Jun 1939	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
7 Mar 1947	34.0	Appointed	Prefect of Fort Jameson, Zambia
7 May 1953	40.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Fort Jameson, Zambia
7 May 1953	40.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Carystus
21 Sep 1953	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Carystus
25 Apr 1959	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
11 Nov 1970	57.7	Resigned	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
3 Nov 1999	86.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia

a priest for 60.4 years
a bishop for 46.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges Cabana †
Bishop Arthur Douville †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. † (1953)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe

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