Bishop Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Bishop of Darwin

Titular Bishop of Paros

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Oct 1872		Born	Strasbourg, France
30 May 1896	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
23 Apr 1906	33.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Victoria-Palmerston, Australia
29 Mar 1938	65.4	Appointed	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
5 Jun 1938	65.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
10 Nov 1948	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
10 Nov 1948	76.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Paros
12 Jul 1960	87.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Darwin, Australia

a priest for 64.1 years
a bishop for 22.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Cardinal Panico †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy †
Bishop Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † (1938)
Giovanni Cardinal Panico † (1935)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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 Sorin, M.S.C. †

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