Bishop Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset

Titular Bishop of Gibba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1903		Born	Orchies, France
31 Mar 1929	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
21 Jun 1951	48.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Rousset, Congo
21 Jun 1951	48.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cernitza
21 Dec 1951	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cernitza
14 Sep 1955	52.6	Appointed	Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo
2 Mar 1968	65.1	Resigned	Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo
2 Mar 1968	65.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gibba
2 Dec 1977	74.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

a priest for 48.7 years
a bishop for 25.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Achille Cardinal Liènart †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † (1951)
Achille Cardinal Liènart † (1928)
Bishop Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † (1921)
Archbishop Hector-Raphaël Quilliet † (1914)
Archbishop Jean-Arthur Chollet † (1910)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo †

Home | Search | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Statistics
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2008
code: v2.5.0, 1 Jan 08; data: 17 Jan 08