Bishop Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati

Titular Bishop of Remesiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1854		Born	Montoir, France
27 Jul 1897	43.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 1897	43.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Remesiana
26 Jun 1898	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Remesiana
1927	72.9	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
17 Oct 1929	75.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

a bishop for 31.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre-Emile Rouard †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henri Joulain, O.M.I. †
Archbishop Emile Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. † (1898)
Bishop Pierre-Emile Rouard † (1896)
Archbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury † (1885)
Aimé-Victor-François Cardinal Guilbert † (1867)
Archbishop François-Augustin Delamare † (1856)
Thomas-Marie-Joseph Cardinal Gousset † (1836)
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
César-Guillaume Cardinal de la Luzerne † (1770)
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Bishop Jean-François de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Nicolò Cardinal Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini, Sr. † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de' Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere †

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