Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1876		Born	La Biolle, France
7 Jul 1901	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
14 Jun 1938	62.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
24 Aug 1938	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
28 Jul 1947	71.4	Died	Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka

a priest for 46.1 years
a bishop for 8.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †
Bishop Nicola Laudadio, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. † (1938)
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1938, Number 64

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