Bishop Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon

Bishop Emeritus of Cahors

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1928		Born	Dijon
29 Jun 1956	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Aug 1973	45.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
13 Aug 1973	45.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sebarga
30 Sep 1973	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sebarga
Sep 1974	46.6	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
20 May 1977	49.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
20 Jan 1987	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Cahors, France
4 Feb 2004	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Cahors, France

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Cahors.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marc-Armand Lallier †
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon (1973)
Bishop André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse † (1962)
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Louis Fort

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