Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Costa di Benin

Titular Bishop of Rhithymna

Superior General of Society of African Missions

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Nov 1859		Born	Ste-Anne-sur-Gervonde, France
19 May 1883	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
15 Jan 1895	35.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
15 Jan 1895	35.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
25 Aug 1895	35.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
25 Sep 1901	41.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
9 Sep 1907	47.8	Appointed	Superior General of Society of African Missions
11 Mar 1914	54.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

a priest for 30.8 years
a bishop for 18.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jules-François Philippe, M.S.F.S. †
Bishop Pierre-Marie Belmont †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A. † (1895)
Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) † (1876)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Augustin Duret, S.M.A. †
Bishop Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. †
Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †
Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †
Bishop Jacques-Louis Monestès †
Bishop Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. †

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