Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Oct 1914		Born
25 Mar 1939	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
19 Dec 1955	41.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kabgayi, Rwanda
19 Dec 1955	41.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cataquas
25 Mar 1956	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cataquas
10 Nov 1959	45.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
10 Apr 1976	61.5	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kabgayi, Rwanda
7 Oct 1989	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
25 Apr 2003	88.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda

MicroData Summary
André Perraudin
Archbishop André Perraudin M. Afr.
(born 7 Oct 1914, died 25 Apr 2003)
Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Le Chable Bagnes, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Kabgayi, Vicariate Apostolic of Kabgayi
Death Place Sierre, Switzerland

a priest for 64.0 years
a bishop for 47.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami †
Titular Bishop of Garriana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Oliva
Bishop Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Bennefa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami † (1952)
Titular Bishop of Garriana
Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. † (1943)
Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi † (1962)
Bishop Thaddée Nsengiyumva † (1988)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. † (1959)
Bishop Joseph Sibomana † (1961)
Bishop Phocas Nikwigize † (1968)
Archbishop Vincent Nsengiyumva † (1974)
Bishop Wenceslas Kalibushi † (1977)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 69989854
WikiData: Q2848424

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 24
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)

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