Bishop Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo)

Titular Bishop of Vassinassa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1920		Born	Rezé-lez-Nantes
23 Dec 1944	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Nov 1972	52.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France
27 Nov 1972	52.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa
14 Jan 1973	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa
27 Jun 1973	52.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France

a priest for 28.5 years
a bishop for .5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michel-Louis Vial †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henri Clément Victor Donze †
Bishop Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf † (1973)
Bishop Michel-Louis Vial † (1961)
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (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)
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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