Bishop Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France

Titular Bishop of Ionopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1882		Born
7 Jul 1907	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Jun 1939	56.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France
10 Jun 1939	56.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis
8 Sep 1939	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis
10 Jul 1948	65.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France

MicroData Summary
Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin
Bishop Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin
(born 8 Dec 1882, died 10 Jul 1948)
Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans

Event Place
Birth Place Pontvallain

a priest for 41.0 years
a bishop for 8.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente †
Bishop of Le Mans
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Camille Costes †
Titular Bishop of Telmissus
Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet †
Bishop of Sées {Séez}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente † (1918)
Bishop of Le Mans
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte 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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734017

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1939, Number 46

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