Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Sep 1900		Born	Wingen, France
28 Mar 1925	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
12 Nov 1937	37.1	Appointed	Prefect of Ambanja, Madagascar
8 Mar 1951	50.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Coropissus
8 Mar 1951	50.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ambanja, Madagascar
29 Jun 1951	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Coropissus
14 Sep 1955	55.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
5 Jun 1975	74.7	Retired	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
5 Jun 1975	74.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Comores, Comoros
2 May 1980	79.6	Retired	Apostolic Administrator of Comores, Comoros
10 Feb 1987	86.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar

a priest for 61.9 years
a bishop for 35.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz †
Bishop Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. † (1951)
Archbishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † (1945)
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 †

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