Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse †

Deceased

Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1859		Born	Bassussarry
13 Jul 1884	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
14 Nov 1899	40.2	Appointed	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
6 Dec 1915	56.3	Appointed	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
22 Feb 1916	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
13 Aug 1920	61.0	Appointed	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
30 Jul 1931	71.9	Died	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France

a priest for 47.0 years
a bishop for 15.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu †
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †
Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron)
Bishop Laurent-Marie-Etienne Monnier †
Bishop of Troyes

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop of Bourges
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. † (1840)
Titular Bishop of Arad
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza †
Titular Bishop of Sidon

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Amiel-François Bessière † (1917)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Saint-Pierre † (1930)

Source(s):

c2+: LC
bd: CB, 23 Dec 2012
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1916, Number 12

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