Bishop Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nouna-Dédougou

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 May 1901		Born	Tours, France
28 Jun 1927	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
5 Aug 1942	41.2	Appointed	Prefect of Gao, Mali
17 Oct 1947	46.4	Appointed	Prefect of Nouna, Burkina Faso
18 Oct 1951	50.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Botriana
18 Oct 1951	50.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nouna, Burkina Faso
2 Feb 1952	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Botriana
14 Sep 1955	54.3	Appointed	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
5 Jul 1973	72.1	Resigned	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
8 May 1990	89.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso

a priest for 62.9 years
a bishop for 38.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †
Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. † (1952)
Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. † (1946)
Bishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. † (1922)
Archbishop Dominique Castellan † (1906)
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †
Bishop Zéphyrin Toé

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