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Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Titular Bishop of Boreum

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tarcenay, France

a priest for 40.8 years a bishop for 24.6 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Maurice-Louis Dubourg † Archbishop of Besançon Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu † Bishop of Orléans Bishop Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Ombi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Maurice-Louis Dubourg † (1929) Archbishop of Besançon Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920) Archbishop of Besançon Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888) Archbishop of Reims Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870) Bishop of Angers François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835) Archbishop of Bordeaux Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824) Bishop of Nancy (-Toul) Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820) Archbishop of Rouen 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

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