Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

Titular Bishop of Verinopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Dec 1884		Born
19 Jul 1908	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Jul 1908	23.5	Entered	Priest of Society of African Missions
11 Jan 1921	36.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Togo
20 Mar 1923	38.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Togo
20 Mar 1923	38.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis
15 Jul 1923	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis
3 Mar 1945	60.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

MicroData Summary for Jean-Marie Cessou
(WikiData: Q23815257)
Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou S.M.A. (born 18 Dec 1884, died 3 Mar 1945) Vicar Apostolic of Lomé

Event Place
Birth Place Quimper, Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Lomé, Vicariate Apostolic of Togo
Death Place Lomé, Vicariate Apostolic of Lomé
Buried Place (Original) Saint-Augustin d'Amoutivé, Church, Lomé, Vicariate Apostolic of Lomé

a priest for 36.6 years
a bishop for 21.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Gordus
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Petnelissus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A. † (1906)
Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum
Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) † (1876)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
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

Ordained Priest:
Monsignor Louis Wach, S.M.A. † (1931)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. † (1930)
Archbishop Louis Parisot, S.M.A. † (1935)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Quimper, Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Lomé, Vicariate Apostolic of Togo
Death Place	Lomé, Vicariate Apostolic of Lomé
Buried Place (Original)	Saint-Augustin d'Amoutivé, Church, Lomé, Vicariate Apostolic of Lomé

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1923, Number 36
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 2 Sep 2023

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