Bishop Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jul 1919		Born
14 Jul 1946	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Metz, France
18 Sep 1971	52.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
18 Sep 1971	52.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tela
11 Dec 1971	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tela
10 Jun 1975	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
1 Dec 1994	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
29 Nov 2009	90.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France

MicroData Summary
Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne
Bishop Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne
(born 29 Jul 1919, died 29 Nov 2009)
Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude

Event Place
Birth Place Moussey
Ordained Bishop Saint-Vincent, Cathedral, Metz, Diocese of Metz
Buried Place (Original) Moussey

a priest for 63.3 years
a bishop for 37.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt †
Bishop of Metz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon †
Bishop of Verdun
Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet †
Bishop of Saint-Dié

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt † (1958)
Bishop of Metz
Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz † (1934)
Bishop of Metz
Archbishop Emmanuel Célestin Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Bishop of Laval
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Yves François Patenôtre (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † (1975)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 30818884
WikiData: Q1523900

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 846

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