Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse †

Deceased

Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1859		Born	Bassussary
13 Jul 1884	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
1899	39.4	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 †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †
Bishop Laurent-Marie-Etienne Monnier †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse † (1916)
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Amiel-François Bessière †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Saint-Pierre †

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