Archbishop Louis-Joseph Fillon †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bourges

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1877		Born	Vineuil
29 Jun 1901	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Jun 1929	51.9	Appointed	Bishop of Langres, France
24 Sep 1929	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Langres, France
24 Dec 1934	57.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Bourges, France
17 Feb 1935	57.5	Installed	Archbishop of Bourges, France
2 Jan 1943	65.4	Died	Archbishop of Bourges, France

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 13.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Louis-Joseph Cardinal Maurin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †
Bishop Georges-Marie-Eugène Audollent †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Louis-Joseph Fillon † (1929)
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. † (1840)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Brunhes †
Bishop Georges-Eugène-Emile Choquet †

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1929, Number 73

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