Bishop Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Yoro, Honduras

Motto: Comunión y Participación

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Dec 1939		Born
13 May 1965	25.4	Solemn Vows	Member of Société des Missions-Étrangères
18 Dec 1965	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères
19 Sep 2005	65.7	Appointed	Bishop of Yoro, Honduras
12 Dec 2005	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yoro, Honduras
21 Jan 2014	74.1	Resigned	Bishop of Yoro, Honduras
12 Feb 2014	74.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Yoro, Honduras

MicroData Summary
Jean-Louis Giasson
Bishop Jean-Louis Giasson P.M.E.
(born 7 Dec 1939, died 12 Feb 2014)
Bishop Emeritus of Yoro

Ad Limina - June 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Islet-sur-Mer, Archdiocese of Québec, Canada
Ordained Priest Laval, Archdiocese of Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop Las Mercedes, Cathedral, El Progreso, Diocese of Yoro
Death Place Infirmerie du St-Sacrement, Québec, Archdiocese of Québec, Canada

a priest for 48.1 years
a bishop for 8.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Raoul Réal Corriveau, P.M.E. †
Bishop of Choluteca
Bishop Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B.
Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (1978)
Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † (1974)
Titular Archbishop of Celene
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1418647

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Sep 2005
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Number 15,018
r: Bollettino, 21 Jan 2014
d: CB, 13 Feb 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 550

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