Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray †

Deceased

Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Apr 1825		Born	Chateaugiron, France
19 Mar 1852	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
27 Nov 1876	51.6	Appointed	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
22 Apr 1877	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
30 Sep 1879	54.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
30 Sep 1879	54.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ionopolis
23 Oct 1879	54.5	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 Dec 1883	58.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
23 Sep 1887	62.4	Died	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

a priest for 35.5 years
a bishop for 10.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Geoffroy Cardinal Brossais Saint-Marc †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Célestine René Laurent Guynemer de la Hailandière †
Bishop Charles-Marie-Denis-Anselme Nouvel de La Flèche †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray † (1877)
Geoffroy Cardinal Brossais Saint-Marc † (1841)
Bishop Claude-Louis de Lesquen † (1823)
Archbishop Pierre-François-Gabriel-Raymond-Ignace-Ferdinand de Bausset-Roquefort † (1808)
Archbishop Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé † (1770)
Charles-Antoine Cardinal de la Roche-Aymon † (1725)
Henri-Pons Cardinal de Thiard de Bissy † (1692)
Archbishop Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette † (1676)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Durier †

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