Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste, S.J.

Bishop of Jérémie

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Apr 1957		Born	Saint Jean du Sud
1 Jul 1984	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Les Cayes, Haïti
1998	40.7	Professed	Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Aug 2009	52.3	Appointed	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
18 Oct 2009	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Jérémie.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza
Bishop Pierre-André Dumas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste, S.J. (2009)
Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot † (1997)
Archbishop Christophe Pierre (1995)
Angelo Cardinal Sodano (1978)
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (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 †

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Aug 2009
ob/c2+: CB
b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Number 16,314

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