Bishop Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Mar 1931		Born
14 Aug 1953	22.4	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
15 Aug 1954	23.4	Temporary Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
1957²	25.8	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
11 Feb 1961	29.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
19 Dec 1974	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
6 Apr 1975	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
9 Mar 1985	53.9	Resigned	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
4 Sep 2018	87.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Joseph Marie Régis Belzile
(WikiData: Q1504884)
Bishop Joseph Marie Régis Belzile O.F.M. Cap. (born 13 Mar 1931, died 4 Sep 2018) Bishop Emeritus of Moundou

Event Place
Birth Place Amqui, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Moundou, Diocese of Moundou
Death Place Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Buried Place (Original) Mausolée des Capucins, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada

a priest for 57.5 years
a bishop for 43.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri †
Titular Archbishop of Formiae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen †
Archbishop of Bangui
Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Emeritus of Moundou

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri † (1970)
Titular Archbishop of Formiae
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Raymond Dumais † (1976)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. † (1985)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Amqui, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Moundou, Diocese of Moundou
Death Place	Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Buried Place (Original)	Mausolée des Capucins, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada

Source(s):

d: CB, 12 Sep 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 30, Number 1,730
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 248, and Page 249

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