Archbishop Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Auch, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 May 1828		Born
6 Mar 1852	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
22 Nov 1877	49.4	Selected	Bishop of Nice, France
28 Dec 1877	49.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Nice, France
25 Feb 1878	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nice, France
10 Mar 1878	49.7	Installed	Bishop of Nice, France
30 May 1896	68.0	Selected	Archbishop of Auch, France
25 Jun 1896	68.0	Confirmed	Archbishop of Auch, France
3 Sep 1896	68.2	Installed	Archbishop of Auch, France
13 May 1905	76.9	Died	Archbishop of Auch, France

MicroData Summary for Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn
Archbishop Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn O.M.I. (born 27 May 1828, died 13 May 1905) Archbishop of Auch

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Victor
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Fréjus, Diocese of Fréjus

a priest for 53.1 years
a bishop for 27.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Marseille
Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Saint Albert, Alberta
Bishop Joseph-Sébastien-Ferdinand Terris †
Bishop of Fréjus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jules-Louis-Marie de Carsalade du Pont † (1900)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. † (1880)
Bishop Prosper-Amable Berthet † (1889)
Bishop Albert Pascal, O.M.I. † (1891)
Archbishop Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty † (1894)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Victor
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Fréjus, Diocese of Fréjus

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 135, and Page 412
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1878, Number 12

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