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
1880²	30.2	Professed	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

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

a priest for 45.7 years
a bishop for 22.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. †
  Bishop of Saint Albert, Alberta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Pierre-Paul Durieu, O.M.I. †
  Bishop of New Westminster, British Columbia
- Bishop Isidore Clut, O.M.I. †
  Titular Bishop of Arindela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. † (1859)
Bishop of Saint Albert, Alberta
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. † (1898)
- Bishop Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. † (1917)

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 86, and Page 461
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 9, Page 43