Bishop Jean Georges Collomb, S.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania)

Titular Bishop of Antiphellus

Vicar Apostolic of Micronesia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Apr 1816		Born
25 May 1839	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
13 Feb 1846	29.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania)
13 Feb 1846	29.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
13 Feb 1846	29.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
23 May 1847	31.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
16 Jul 1848	32.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania)

MicroData Summary
Jean Georges Collomb
Bishop Jean Georges Collomb S.M.
(born 30 Apr 1816, died 16 Jul 1848)
Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia

Event Place
Birth Place Granier, France
Ordained Bishop Kororareka
Death Place Roak Island

a priest for 9.1 years
a bishop for 1.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Philippe-Joseph Viard, S.M. †
Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
Assisted by:
Father Claude Baty, S.M.
Priest of Society of Mary
Father Louis Rozet, S.M.
Priest of Society of Mary

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Philippe-Joseph Viard, S.M. † (1846)
Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
Archbishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. † (1834)
Archbishop of Sydney
Bishop James Yorke Bramston † (1823)
Titular Bishop of Usula
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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: Q24011016

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 81
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1847, Number 20

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