Bishop Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone

Titular Bishop of Prusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1813		Born	Castelnaudary, France
22 Dec 1838	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
6 May 1845	31.4	Appointed	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, India
6 May 1845	31.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Prusa
4 Oct 1846	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Prusa
3 Apr 1850	36.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, India
18 Mar 1855	41.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, India
13 Apr 1858	44.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
25 Jun 1859	45.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone

a priest for 20.5 years
a bishop for 12.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Louis (de Sainte Thérèse) Martini, O. Carm. †
Bishop Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. † (1846)
Bishop Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. † (1833)
Bishop Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert, M.E.P. † (1811)
Bishop Pietro Antonio Raimundo de San Giuseppe Roviglia, O.C.D. † (1808)
Bishop Pietro Ramazzini, O.C.D. † (1795)
Bishop Luigi Maria di Gesu Pianazzi, O.C.D. † (1785)
Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † (1757)
Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes † (1754)
Archbishop Pedro José Manuel (Pedro de la Trinidad) Martínez de Arizala, O.F.M. † (1745)
Archbishop Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque † (1725)
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 Alexis Canoz, S.J. †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 314

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