Archbishop Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †

Deceased

Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Sep 1880		Born	Saint-Thomas-de-Pierreville
10 Jul 1904	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
1 Feb 1928	47.4	Appointed	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
24 May 1928	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
11 Feb 1946	65.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
14 Nov 1950	70.2	Died	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 22.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Felix-Raymond-Marie Cardinal Rouleau, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Xavier Ross †
Bishop Joseph-Omer Plante †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Georges-Alexandre Courchesne † (1928)
Felix-Raymond-Marie Cardinal Rouleau, O.P. † (1923)
Archbishop Pietro di Maria † (1906)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Charles Eugène Parent †

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1928, Number 33

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