Bishop Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1920		Born	Herbeumont, Belgium
1 Aug 1943	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
24 Aug 1962	42.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Dec 1962	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Dec 1975	55.9	Resigned	Bishop of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Mar 1985	65.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 41.7 years
a bishop for 22.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop André Marie Charue †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Musty †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. † (1962)
Bishop André Marie Charue † (1942)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Ilunga Kaseba †

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