Bishop Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Oct 1919		Born
10 Feb 1946	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary
19 Aug 1970	50.8	Appointed	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
20 Oct 1970	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
31 May 1983	63.6	Resigned	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
28 Feb 1994	74.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

MicroData Summary
Fernand Lacroix
Bishop Fernand Lacroix C.I.M.
(born 16 Oct 1919, died 28 Feb 1994)
Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston

Event Place
Birth Place Québec, Archdiocese of Québec
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Edmundston, Diocese of Edmundston, New Brunswick

a priest for 48.0 years
a bishop for 23.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Norbert Robichaud †
Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Martin Hayes †
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †
Titular Bishop of Hilta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Norbert Robichaud † (1942)
Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick
Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti † (1936)
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gérard Dionne † (1975)
Bishop Arsène Richard † (1986)
Bishop François Thibodeau, C.I.M. † (1994)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q56986483

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 684

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