Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou]

Titular Archbishop of Craina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Sep 1854		Born	Hameau Pibordel, France
29 Jun 1879	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
20 Apr 1901	46.6	Appointed	Prefect of Canton [Guangzhou], China
20 Apr 1901	46.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Orcistus
6 Oct 1901	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Orcistus
6 Apr 1914	59.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou], China
6 Aug 1914	59.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou], China
13 Jun 1921	66.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Craina
13 Oct 1932	78.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 31.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. †
Bishop Louis Piazzoli, M.E.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. † (1901)
Bishop Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. † (1884)
Bishop Isidore-François-Joseph Colombert, M.E.P. † (1872)
Bishop Jean-Claude Miche, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Dominique Lefèbvre, M.E.P. † (1841)
Bishop St. Etienne-Théodore Cuénot, M.E.P. † (1835)
Bishop Jean-Louis Taberd, M.E.P. † (1830)
Bishop Esprit-Marie-Joseph Florens, M.E.P. † (1812)
Bishop Jean Labartette, M.E.P. † (1793)
Bishop Jacques-Benjamin Longer, M.E.P. † (1792)
Bishop Marcelino José Da Silva †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Maurice-François Ducoeur, M.E.P. †

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