Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1920		Born	Ochamps, Belgium
8 Jul 1945	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
16 Jan 1958	37.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Jan 1958	37.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Calama
11 May 1958	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Calama
10 Nov 1959	39.7	Appointed	Bishop of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May 1970	50.2	Resigned	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May 1970	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird
23 Jul 1976	56.4	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird
21 Mar 1993	73.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 47.7 years
a bishop for 34.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I. † (1958)
Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † (1949)
Bishop Karel Justien Calewaert † (1948)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 †

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