Bishop Joseph-Claude Excoffier, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnan

Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Dec 1861		Born	Saint Sylvestre, France
1884	22.0	Professed	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères
7 Mar 1886	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères
20 Mar 1886	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
30 Mar 1895	33.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan, China
30 Mar 1895	33.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia
18 Aug 1895	33.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia
Jan 1905¹	43.0	Resigned	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan, China
3 May 1923	61.4	Died	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnan, China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a priest for 37.1 years a bishop for 27.7 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Joseph-Claude Excoffier, M.E.P. † (1895) Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. † (1881) Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. † (1872) Archbishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † (1844) Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818) Archbishop François de Bovet †	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Jules Prosper París, S.J. †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 382

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