Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P.

Bishop of Metz

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Feb 1938		Born	Nancy
12 Nov 1957	19.7	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
5 Jul 1964	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
4 Aug 1987	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Metz, France
11 Oct 1987	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metz, France

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a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles Amarin Brand
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Jean Marie Julien Cardinal Balland †
Bishop Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. (1987)
Archbishop Charles Amarin Brand (1972)
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † (1954)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P.
Bishop Alphonse Georger
Bishop Marc Camille Michel Stenger
Archbishop Roland Minnerath

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