Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo

Titular Bishop of Thelepte

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jun 1887		Born
28 Oct 1912	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
27 Jan 1936	48.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo
27 Jan 1936	48.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thelepte
4 Jun 1936	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thelepte
18 Jul 1954	67.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo
8 Jul 1960	73.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo

MicroData Summary
Paul Joseph Biéchy
Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy C.S.Sp.
(born 27 Jun 1887, died 8 Jul 1960)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brazzaville

Event Place
Birth Place Hattstatt, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop Saverne, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Death Place Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg, France

a priest for 47.6 years
a bishop for 24.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch †
Bishop of Strasbourg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
Bishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Acalissus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch † (1913)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Archbishop François-Léon Gauthey † (1906)
Archbishop of Besançon
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. † (1941)
Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. † (1950)
Bishop Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † (1951)
Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem † (1954)
Bishop Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. † (1954)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q53835789

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1936, Number 37

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