Archbishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Feb 1814		Born	Jonage, France
1837	22.9	Professed	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères
23 Dec 1837	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
18 Dec 1840	26.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sinitis
29 May 1842	28.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sinitis
1844	29.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan), China
28 Apr 1844	30.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sinitis
2 Apr 1856	42.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
11 Feb 1883	69.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
20 Feb 1883	69.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade
8 Nov 1887	73.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 209

a priest for 49.9 years a bishop for 43.5 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † (1844) Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818) Archbishop François de Bovet †	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Etienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. † Bishop Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, M.E.P. † Bishop Louis-Simon Faurie, M.E.P. † Bishop Pierre-Julien Pichon, M.E.P. † Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. † Assisted: Bishop Joseph Ponsot, M.E.P. †