Archbishop Emile Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Oct 1849		Born	Saint-Jean-de-Boisseau, France
29 Jun 1874	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
29 Mar 1897	47.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Albert, Alberta, Canada
29 Mar 1897	47.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pogla
17 Jun 1897	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pogla
3 Jun 1902	52.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Saint Albert, Alberta, Canada
30 Nov 1912	63.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10 Mar 1920	70.4	Died	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

a priest for 45.7 years
a bishop for 22.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre-Paul Durieu, O.M.I. †
Bishop Isidore Clut, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Emile Joseph Legal, O.M.I. † (1897)
Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. † (1859)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. †
Bishop Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †

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