Joseph Cardinal Fesch †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jan 1763		Born	Ajaccio
1787	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Jul 1802	39.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Lyon, France
4 Aug 1802	39.6	Confirmed	Archbishop of Lyon, France
15 Aug 1802	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Lyon, France
17 Jan 1803	40.0	Elevated to Cardinal
17 Jan 1803	40.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
2 Dec 1822	59.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina
13 May 1839	76.4	Died	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Consistory - January 1803: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1823: Participated
Conclave - 1829: Participated
Conclave - 1830/1831: Participated

a priest for 52.4 years
a bishop for 36.7 years
a cardinal for 36.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Caprara Montecuccoli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Etienne-Alexandre-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Bernier †
Bishop Louis Sébastiani (de La Porta) †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Fesch † (1802)
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Caprara Montecuccoli † (1766)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Jean-Marie Mioland †
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Nicolas-Marie Fournier de la Contamine †
Bishop Gaspard-Jean-André Jauffret †
Bishop Fabien-Sébastien Imberties †
Archbishop Etienne-Marie de Boulogne †

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