Bishop Jean Davoust, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam

Titular Bishop of Ceramus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1728		Born
22 Sep 1753	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
24 Sep 1771	42.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
24 Sep 1771	42.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ceramus
6 Oct 1771	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ceramus
18 Jul 1780	51.7	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
17 Aug 1789	60.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam

MicroData Summary
Jean Davoust
Bishop Jean Davoust M.E.P.
(born 5 Oct 1728, died 17 Aug 1789)
Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}

Event Place
Birth Place Mayenne, France
Ordained Bishop Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Keso, Vicariate Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}

a priest for 35.9 years
a bishop for 17.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Ferdinando Maria Cardinal de Rossi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto †
Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)
Archbishop Francesco Saverio de Zelada †
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ferdinando Maria Cardinal de Rossi † (1739)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. † (1724)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Lorenzo Cardinal Corsini † (1690)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Flavio Cardinal Chigi (Sr.) † (1686)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eustach Federl, O.C.D. † (1774)
Bishop Michel Joseph de Laulanhier † (1776)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 316737496
WikiData: Q3171587

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 160
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1771, Number 19

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