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. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre-Gaston Laperrine d'Hautpoul †
Archbishop John McIntyre †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. †
Bishop Alfredo Le Pailleur, C.S.C. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi †

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