Bishop Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet, F.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jul 1911		Born
4 Oct 1936	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fils de Marie Immaculée
14 Jan 1957	45.5	Appointed	Bishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
5 May 1957	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
18 Nov 1974	63.3	Resigned	Bishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
13 Nov 1984	73.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

MicroData Summary
Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet
Bishop Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet F.M.I.
(born 11 Jul 1911, died 13 Nov 1984)
Bishop Emeritus of Castries

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Bazoges-en-Pareds, Diocese of Luçon, France
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Castries, Diocese of Castries, Saint Lucia
Death Place Montaigu

a priest for 48.1 years
a bishop for 27.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. †
Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre)
Bishop Justin James Field, O.P. †
Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. † (1937)
Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Archbishop Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. † (1927)
Titular Archbishop of Tyana
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. † (1958)
Archbishop Patrick Webster, O.S.B. † (1969)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64736250

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 49

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