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

Ad Limina - November 2012: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Metz.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

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

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles Amarin Brand † (1972)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo 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 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. (1988)
Bishop Alphonse Émile Georger (1998)
Bishop Marc Camille Michel Stenger (1999)
Archbishop Roland Minnerath (2004)
Bishop Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy (2008)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Number 9,162

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