Bishop Louis Rendu †

Deceased

Bishop of Annecy, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1789		Born
5 Mar 1814	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
19 Jun 1814	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Aug 1842	52.7	Selected	Bishop of Annecy, France
27 Jan 1843	53.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Annecy, France
9 Apr 1843	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Annecy, France
28 Aug 1859	69.7	Died	Bishop of Annecy, France

MicroData Summary
Louis Rendu
Bishop Louis Rendu
(born 9 Dec 1789, died 28 Aug 1859)
Bishop of Annecy

Event Place
Birth Place Meyrin près Genève, Diocese of Belley
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Diocese of Annecy

a priest for 45.1 years
a bishop for 16.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alexis Billiet †
Archbishop of Chambéry
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-François-Marcellin Turinaz †
Bishop of Tarentaise
Bishop François-Marie Vibert †
Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alexis Billiet † (1826)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Archbishop François-Marie Bigex † (1817)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro di Villanova † (1784)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Irénée Depéry † (1844)
Archbishop Étienne Marilley † (1846)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/144730
VIAF: 61551331
WikiData: Q3262997

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 77
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1843, Number 12

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