Bishop Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Dacca

Titular Bishop of Cyrene

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1853		Born	Laigle, France
20 Sep 1879	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross
16 Aug 1916	63.3	Appointed	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
5 Nov 1916	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
9 Nov 1929	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
9 Nov 1929	76.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
10 Apr 1937	84.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh

a priest for 57.6 years
a bishop for 20.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul-Gaston Laperrine d’Hautpoul †
Titular Bishop of Carystus
Bishop John McIntyre †
Titular Bishop of Lamus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. † (1927)
Bishop Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. † (1927)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1916, Number 58
op: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932, Page 374

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Conclaves | Consistories | Councils

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2013
code: v2.8.9, 26 Feb 2013; data: 2 Apr 2013