Bishop Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-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-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-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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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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