Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1902		Born	Carignan, France
2 Feb 1928	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
13 Jun 1941	38.9	Appointed	Prefect of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria
10 Jun 1948	45.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria
21 Jun 1948	45.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Celerina
8 Dec 1948	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Celerina
14 Sep 1955	53.1	Appointed	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
11 Jan 1968	65.4	Resigned	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
11 Jan 1968	65.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor
13 Oct 1976	74.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor
27 Aug 1991	89.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

a priest for 63.6 years
a bishop for 42.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin †
Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † (1948)
Archbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin † (1930)
Archbishop Joseph-Marie Tissier † (1913)
Bishop Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet † (1901)
Archbishop Eudoxe-Irénée-Edouard Mignot † (1890)
Archbishop Odon Thibaudier † (1875)
Archbishop Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet † (1852)
Louis-Jacques-Maurice Cardinal de Bonald † (1823)
Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine Cardinal de Latil † (1816)
Archbishop François de Pierre de Bernis † (1781)
Pope Giovanni Angelico Braschi † (1775)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
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:
Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. †
Bishop Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. †

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