Archbishop Jean Delay †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille

Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1879		Born	Lorette
5 Oct 1902	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France
10 Aug 1928	48.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
10 Aug 1928	48.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna
29 Oct 1928	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna
14 Aug 1937	57.7	Appointed	Bishop of Marseille, France
31 Jan 1948	68.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Marseille, France
5 Sep 1956	76.7	Retired	Archbishop of Marseille, France
11 Sep 1956	76.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia
6 Dec 1966	87.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

a priest for 64.2 years
a bishop for 38.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Louis-Joseph Cardinal Maurin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Marie Bourchany †
Bishop Jean-François-Etienne Marnas †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean Delay † (1928)
Louis-Joseph Cardinal Maurin † (1911)
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis-Paul Rastouil †
Bishop André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Brunhes †
Bishop Etienne Bornet †
Bishop André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse †
Bishop Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †

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