Bishop Jules-André Brault, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Mar 1867		Born
29 Sep 1890	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
5 Aug 1919	52.3	Appointed	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
14 Feb 1920	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
20 Jan 1923	55.8	Died	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Jules-André Brault
Bishop Jules-André Brault O.M.I.
(born 22 Mar 1867, died 20 Jan 1923)
Bishop of Jaffna

Event Place
Birth Place Brain-sur-l’Authion, France

a priest for 32.3 years
a bishop for 2.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Colombo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bede Beckmeyer, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Kandy
Bishop Gaston Robichez, S.J. †
Bishop of Trincomalee

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † (1898)
Archbishop of Colombo
Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. † (1880)
Archbishop of Colombo
Bishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. † (1868)
Titular Bishop of Medea
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Tours
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: Q64735107

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1920, Number 6
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 212

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