Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jan 1902		Born	Tournai, Belgium
24 Aug 1934	32.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
25 Feb 1955	53.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Feb 1955	53.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Raphanea
22 May 1955	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Raphanea
10 Nov 1959	57.8	Appointed	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Nov 1967	65.8	Resigned	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Nov 1967	65.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina
15 Sep 1976	74.6	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina
15 May 1991	89.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 56.7 years
a bishop for 36.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †
Archbishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J. † (1955)
Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera † (1955)
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pierre Kimbondo †
Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I. †
Bishop Pierre Bouckaert, S.J. †

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