Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette †

Deceased

Archbishop of Paris, France

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1850		Born
20 Dec 1873	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paris, France
8 Jul 1898	47.8	Selected	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
28 Nov 1898	48.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
25 Jan 1899	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
21 Feb 1906	55.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris, France
21 Feb 1906	55.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Side
28 Jan 1908	57.3	Succeeded	Archbishop of Paris, France
27 Nov 1911	61.2	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Nov 1911	61.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
29 Aug 1920	69.9	Died	Archbishop of Paris, France

MicroData Summary for Léon-Adolphe Amette (VIAF: 49306343)
Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette (born 6 Sep 1850, died 29 Aug 1920) Archbishop of Paris

Consistory - 1911: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1914: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Douville, Diocese of Evreux
Ordained Priest Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Evreux, Diocese of Evreux
Death Place Antony, Archdiocese of Paris
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Notre-Dame, Archdiocese of Paris

a priest for 46.6 years
a bishop for 21.5 years
a cardinal for 8.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Consecrator:
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Cardinal Sourrieu †
Archbishop of Rouen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Louis-François Sueur †
Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison)
Bishop Philippe Meunier †
Bishop of Evreux

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Guillaume-Marie-Romain Cardinal Sourrieu † (1882)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop Pierre-Alfred Grimardias † (1866)
Bishop of Cahors
Bishop Louis-Charles Féron † (1834)
Bishop of Clermont
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
Archbishop of Besançon
Bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne † (1770)
Bishop of Langres
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)

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Georges-Louis-Camille Debray † (1920)
Ordained Priest:
Achille Cardinal Liénart † (1907)
Bishop Georges-Louis-Camille Debray † (1920)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Desanti † (1906)
Bishop Jules-Laurent-Benjamin Morelle † (1906)
Bishop Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. † (1909)
Bishop Emmanuel-Jules-Marie Marbeau † (1910)
Archbishop Jacques-Emile Sontag, C.M. † (1910)
Bishop Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues † (1912)
Bishop Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp. † (1912)
Bishop Léon-Adophe Lenfant † (1915)
Archbishop Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière † (1915)
Archbishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † (1919)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pelt † (1919)
Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire † (1901)
Bishop Louis-Jean Dechelette † (1906)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Douville, Diocese of Evreux
Ordained Priest	Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Evreux, Diocese of Evreux
Death Place	Antony, Archdiocese of Paris
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Notre-Dame, Archdiocese of Paris

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 138
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1899, Number 7
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 298, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 429, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 551, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,034, Ascendance

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