Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1902		Born	Saint-André-lez-Lille, France
29 Jun 1928	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
8 Jul 1941	39.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
8 Jul 1941	39.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dystis
9 Nov 1941	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dystis
14 Sep 1955	53.7	Appointed	Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
12 Dec 1974	72.9	Resigned	Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
21 Feb 1999	97.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

a priest for 70.6 years
a bishop for 57.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr. †
Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. † (1941)
Bishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. † (1922)
Archbishop Dominique Castellan † (1906)
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. †
Bishop Henri-Charles Dupont †
Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr. †
Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré
Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanon
Bishop Marius Ouédraogo †

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