Archbishop Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †

Deceased

Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Sep 1880		Born
10 Jul 1904	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
1 Feb 1928	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
24 May 1928	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
11 Feb 1946	65.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
14 Nov 1950	70.1	Died	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary
Georges-Alexandre Courchesne
Archbishop Georges-Alexandre Courchesne
(born 13 Sep 1880, died 14 Nov 1950)
Archbishop of Rimouski

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Thomas-de-Pierreville
Ordained Priest Seminary, Nicolet, Diocese of Nicolet, Québec
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Rimouski, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Death Place St-Joseph, Hospital, Rimouski, Archdiocese of Rimouski, Québec
Buried Place (Original) Cemetery, Rimouski, Archdiocese of Rimouski, Québec

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 22.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph-Simon-Herman Brunault †
Bishop of Nicolet, Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Felix-Raymond-Marie Cardinal Rouleau, O.P. †
Archbishop of Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Xavier Ross †
Bishop of Gaspé, Québec
Bishop Joseph-Omer Plante †
Titular Bishop of Doberus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Felix-Raymond-Marie Cardinal Rouleau, O.P. † (1923)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop Pietro di Maria † (1906)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Bishop Georges Léon Pelletier † (1931)
Bishop Gérard Couturier † (1938)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Charles Eugène Parent † (1944)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 11847835
WikiData: Q3102043

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1928, Number 33
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 396, to Page 399

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