Bishop Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo

Titular Bishop of Obba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1871		Born
19 Sep 1896	25.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
30 Nov 1896	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
13 Jan 1915	43.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo
13 Jan 1915	43.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Obba
6 Jun 1915	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Obba
13 Dec 1919	48.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo

MicroData Summary for Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod
(WikiData: Q57450110)
Bishop Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod C.S.Sp. (born 16 Apr 1871, died 13 Dec 1919) Vicar Apostolic of Loango

Event Place
Birth Place Bonnefontaine, Diocese of Saint-Claude, France
Ordained Deacon Holy Spirit's Novitiate, Church, Orly, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest Holy Spirit's Novitiate, Church, Orly, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Libreville, Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
Death Place Mayumba, Vicariate Apostolic of Loango

a priest for 23.0 years
a bishop for 4.5 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Bodona
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Bodona
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Corycus
Assisted by:
Father Cyrille Moulin, C.S.Sp.
Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
Father Julien Mace, C.S.Sp.
Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. † (1913)
Titular Bishop of Corycus
Bishop Paul-Augustin Le Coeur † (1906)
Bishop of Saint-Flour
Archbishop Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet † (1888)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson † (1875)
Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)
Archbishop Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier † (1870)
Archbishop of Besançon
Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac † (1853)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † (1840)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bonnefontaine, Diocese of Saint-Claude, France
Ordained Deacon	Holy Spirit's Novitiate, Church, Orly, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest	Holy Spirit's Novitiate, Church, Orly, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Libreville, Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
Death Place	Mayumba, Vicariate Apostolic of Loango

Source(s):

b: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1915, Number 30
od/c01/loc: AJ, 28 Jul 2022

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