Bishop Henri Lécroart, S.J. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China

Titular Bishop of Anchialus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1864		Born
28 Nov 1883	19.0	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
28 Aug 1897	32.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1900	35.2	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
30 Jul 1917	52.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
30 Jul 1917	52.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Anchialus
7 Feb 1918	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Anchialus
23 Dec 1919	55.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
2 Dec 1937	73.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China
17 Aug 1940	75.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China

MicroData Summary
Henri Lécroart
Bishop Henri Lécroart S.J.
(born 4 Nov 1864, died 17 Aug 1940)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien)

Event Place
Birth Place Lille, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Bishop Shanghai, Vicariate Apostolic of Shanghai [Shanghai]
Death Place Sienhsien, Vicariate Apostolic of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien)

a priest for 42.9 years
a bishop for 22.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jules Prosper París, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Silandus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Curubis
Bishop Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. †
Titular Bishop of Tanis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jules Prosper París, S.J. † (1900)
Titular Bishop of Silandus
Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Fussala
Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. † (1870)
Titular Bishop of Lagania
Bishop Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. † (1865)
Titular Bishop of Danaba
Bishop Joseph-Martial Mouly, C.M. † (1842)
Titular Bishop of Fussala
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. † (1928)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Adalbert Schmücker, O.F.M. † (1921)
Bishop Vicente Huarte y San Martín, S.J. † (1922)

External Link(s):

Jesuit Online Necrology: 71537
VIAF: 311726325
WikiData: Q3131530

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1937
b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 53
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1918, Number 8
b: Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, Volume 31, Column 17, and Column 18

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