Bishop Peter Paul Lefevère (Lefebre) †

Deceased

Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Titular Bishop of Zela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Apr 1804		Born
30 Nov 1831	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Jul 1841	37.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
23 Jul 1841	37.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zela
21 Nov 1841	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zela
4 Mar 1869	64.8	Died	Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary
Peter Paul Lefevère (Lefebre)
Bishop Peter Paul Lefevère (Lefebre)
(born 29 Apr 1804, died 4 Mar 1869)
Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit

Event Place
Birth Place Roulers, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Priest Perryville, MO, Diocese of Saint Louis, Missouri
Ordained Bishop Saint John, Pro-Cathedral, Philadelphia, Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Detroit, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan
Buried Place (Original) Holy Sepulchre, Cemetery, Southfield, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan

a priest for 37.2 years
a bishop for 27.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. †
Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick †
Titular Bishop of Arathia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John England †
Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina
Bishop John Joseph Hughes †
Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Titular Bishop of Arathia
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841)
Bishop George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. † (1853)
Bishop Ireneus Frederic Baraga † (1853)
Archbishop Michael Heiss † (1868)
Bishop Ignatius Mrak † (1869)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q7176323

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 402, and Page 175
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1841, Number 37
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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