Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bangalore

Titular Bishop of Benda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1873		Born	Gruson, France
27 Jun 1897	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
21 Jun 1922	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Mysore, India
28 Oct 1922	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mysore, India
13 Feb 1940	66.6	Appointed	Bishop of Bangalore, India
6 Sep 1942	69.2	Resigned	Bishop of Bangalore, India
6 Sep 1942	69.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Benda
26 Aug 1963	90.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

a priest for 66.2 years
a bishop for 40.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pietro Pisani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J. †
Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P. † (1922)
Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 †

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