Bishop Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau †

Deceased

Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jul 1871		Born
17 Jun 1894	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Le Mans, France
15 May 1925	53.8	Appointed	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
8 Sep 1925	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
2 Oct 1939	68.2	Died	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

MicroData Summary
Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau
Bishop Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau
(born 7 Jul 1871, died 2 Oct 1939)
Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay

Event Place
Birth Place Luché-Pringé, Diocese of Le Mans
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans
Death Place Précigne, Sarthe

a priest for 45.2 years
a bishop for 14.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente †
Bishop of Le Mans
Bishop Etienne-Joseph Hurault †
Bishop of Viviers

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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:
Archbishop Pierre-Marie Durieux † (1931)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/250234
VIAF: 89407044
WikiData: Q20865529

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1937
c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1925, Number 48

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