Bishop Modeste Demers †

Deceased

Bishop of Vancouver Island

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1809		Born	St.-Nicholas-de-Lévis, Canada
7 Feb 1836	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Jul 1846	36.8	Appointed	Bishop of Vancouver Island, USA
30 Nov 1847	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vancouver Island, USA
28 Jul 1871	61.8	Died	Bishop of Vancouver Island, USA

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a priest for 35.5 years
a bishop for 23.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Joseph Signay †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Modeste Demers † (1847)
Archbishop Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet † (1845)
Archbishop Ignace Bourget † (1837)
Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue, P.S.S. † (1821)
Archbishop Joseph-Octave Plessis † (1801)
Bishop Pierre Denaut † (1795)
Bishop Jean-François Hubert † (1786)
Bishop Jean-Olivier Briand † (1766)
Bishop Charles-Gilbert de May de Termont † (1753)
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Nicolò Cardinal Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de’ Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere † (1481)
Pope Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. † (1471)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 581

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Conclaves | Consistories | Councils

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2012
code: v2.8.1, 5 Sep 2012; data: 8 Sep 2012