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Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente †

Deceased

Bishop of Le Mans

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Events

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

Principal Consecrator: Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † Archbishop of Rouen Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Claude Bardel † Bishop of Sées Bishop Joseph Guérard † Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901) Archbishop of Rouen Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898) Bishop of Le Mans François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872) Archbishop of Paris Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842) Archbishop of Paris Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832) Bishop of Marseille 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 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin † (1939) Archbishop Marcel-Marie-Joseph-Henri-Paul Dubois † (1948) Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier † (1951) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Théophile-Marie Louvard † (1919) Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † (1920) Bishop Constantin-Marie-Joseph Chauvin † (1920) Bishop Etienne-Joseph Hurault † (1924) Bishop Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau † (1925) Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet † (1926) Archbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin † (1930) Archbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. † (1932) Bishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel † (1947)