Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente †

Deceased

Bishop of Le Mans

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1872		Born	Percy
29 Jun 1895	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Jan 1918	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Le Mans, France
17 Apr 1918	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Le Mans, France
Mar 1943	70.8	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Le Mans, France
12 Jan 1953	80.7	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Jan 1953	80.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
4 May 1959	87.0	Died	Bishop of Le Mans, France

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated

a priest for 63.8 years
a bishop for 41.0 years
a cardinal for 6.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Claude Bardel †
Bishop Joseph Guérard †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente † (1918)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin †
Archbishop Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois †
Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Théophile-Marie Louvard †
Bishop Constantin-Marie-Joseph Chauvin †
Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Etienne-Joseph Hurault †
Bishop Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau †
Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet †
Archbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin †
Archbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel †

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