Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt †

Deceased

Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France

Titular Bishop of Chunavia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1921		Born
29 Oct 1950	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
3 Aug 1971	50.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
3 Aug 1971	50.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Chunavia
19 Sep 1971	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Chunavia
3 Apr 1974	53.1	Appointed	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
30 Jul 1974	53.5	Died	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France

MicroData Summary
André Gustave Bossuyt
Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt
(born 28 Jan 1921, died 30 Jul 1974)
Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny

Event Place
Birth Place Tourcoing, Diocese of Lille
Ordained Bishop St-Paul des Sablons, Church, Compiègne, Diocese of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis)
Death Place Marseille, Archdiocese of Marseille

a priest for 23.7 years
a bishop for 2.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean Émile André Marie Maury †
Archbishop of Reims
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières †
Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis)
Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet †
Bishop of Saint-Dié

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (1958)
Archbishop of Reims
Pierre-Marie Paul Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte 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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64732938

Source(s):

ob: LC
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 775

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