Archbishop Joseph Signay †

Deceased

Archbishop of Québec, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1778		Born
28 Mar 1802	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Québec, Canada
15 Dec 1826	48.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec, Canada
15 Dec 1826	48.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Fussala
20 May 1827	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Fussala
14 Feb 1833	54.2	Succeeded	Archbishop of Québec, Canada
3 Oct 1850	71.9	Died	Archbishop of Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary
Joseph Signay
Archbishop Joseph Signay
(born 8 Nov 1778, died 3 Oct 1850)
Archbishop of Québec

Event Place
Birth Place Québec, Diocese of Québec
Ordained Priest Longueuil, Diocese of Québec
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Québec, Archdiocese of Québec

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 23.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Pierre Denaut †
Bishop of Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet †
Archbishop of Québec
Assisted by:
Father Jérôme Demers
Priest
Father Michel-Candide Le Saulnier
Priest

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet † (1807)
Archbishop of Québec
Bishop Joseph-Octave Plessis † (1801)
Bishop of Québec
Bishop Pierre Denaut † (1795)
Bishop of Québec
Bishop Jean-François Hubert † (1786)
Bishop of Québec
Bishop Jean-Olivier Briand † (1766)
Bishop Emeritus of Québec
Bishop Charles-Gilbert de May de Termont † (1753)
Bishop of Blois
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon † (1834)
Bishop Bernard Donald McDonald † (1837)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Dollard (Dullard) † (1843)
Assisted:
Bishop Alexander MacDonell † (1820)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 68459237
WikiData: Q3185638

Source(s):

c2: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 200, and Page 316
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1827, Number 16

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