Bishop Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand †

Deceased

Bishop of Oran

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jul 1878		Born	Oran, Algeria
29 Mar 1902	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Marseille, France
10 Jan 1919	40.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France
10 Jan 1919	40.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Etalonia
10 Mar 1919	40.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
3 May 1919	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
11 Oct 1920	42.2	Appointed	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
20 Mar 1945	66.6	Died	Bishop of Oran, Algeria

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 25.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Louis-Joseph Cardinal Maurin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Dominique Castellan †
Archbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand † (1919)
Louis-Joseph Cardinal Maurin † (1911)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel †
Bishop Emile-Jean-François Thiénard †

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