Bishop René-Joseph Piérard †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Châlons

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Mar 1899		Born	Châlons-sur-Marne
31 Mar 1923	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Dec 1945	46.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons, France
29 Dec 1945	46.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
19 Mar 1946	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
9 Jan 1948	48.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Châlons, France
16 Sep 1973	74.5	Retired	Bishop of Châlons, France
21 Sep 1994	95.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France

a priest for 71.5 years
a bishop for 48.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Marie-Georges Petit †
Bishop Julien Le Couëdic †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop René-Joseph Piérard † (1946)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul-Louis Carrière
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Jacquemin †
Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet
Bishop Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé

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