Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nantes

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Sep 1892		Born	Saint-Amand-Montrond
29 Jun 1916	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Aug 1936	43.9	Appointed	Bishop of Nantes, France
13 Oct 1936	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nantes, France
2 Jul 1966	73.8	Retired	Bishop of Nantes, France
2 Jul 1966	73.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rucuma
10 Dec 1970	78.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Rucuma
23 Jan 1982	89.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

a priest for 65.6 years
a bishop for 45.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis-Joseph Fillon †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier †
Bishop François-Louis Auvity †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet † (1936)
Archbishop Louis-Joseph Fillon † (1929)
Louis-Joseph Cardinal Maurin † (1911)
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. †
Bishop Felix Guiller †
Bishop François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau †
Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. †
Bishop Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †
Bishop Patient Honoré Pierre Yvon Redois, S.M.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron †
Bishop Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson †
Archbishop Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois †
Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †
Bishop Henri-Louis-Marie Mazerat †
Archbishop Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine †

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