Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

Note/Previous Titular See: (left the Church)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1905		Born
21 Sep 1929	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lille, France
1931	25.0	Professed	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
12 Jun 1947	41.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal
12 Jun 1947	41.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Anthedon
18 Sep 1947	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Anthedon
9 Jan 1948	42.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
22 Sep 1948	42.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Arcadiopolis in Europa
22 Sep 1948	42.8	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Dakar
28 Jan 1955	49.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
14 Sep 1955	49.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
9 Jul 1959	53.6	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Dakar
23 Jan 1962	56.1	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tulle, France
27 Jul 1962	56.6	Appointed	Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
7 Aug 1962	56.6	Resigned	Bishop of Tulle, France
7 Aug 1962	56.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
29 Oct 1968	62.9	Resigned	Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
10 Dec 1970	65.0	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
25 Mar 1991	85.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

MicroData Summary for Marcel-François Lefebvre (VIAF: 93457884)
Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre C.S.Sp. (born 29 Nov 1905, died 25 Mar 1991) Bishop Emeritus of Tulle

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 Tourcoing, Diocese of Lille
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Church, Tourcoing, Diocese of Lille
Death Place Martigny, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
Buried Place (Original) SSPX, Seminary, Écône, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
Buried Place (Current) Cœur Immaculé de Marie, Church, Écône, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

a priest for 61.5 years
a bishop for 43.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Achille Cardinal Liénart †
Bishop of Lille
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Ist. del Prado †
Titular Bishop of Myrina
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Araxa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Achille Cardinal Liénart † (1928)
Bishop of Lille
Bishop Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † (1921)
Bishop of Amiens
Bishop Héctor Raphaël Quilliet † (1914)
Bishop of Lille
Archbishop Jean-Arthur Chollet † (1910)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Louis-Ernest Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Bourges
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. † (1948)
Hyacinthe Cardinal Thiandoum † (1949)
[SSPX Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X. (1975)
[SSPX Bishop Richard Williamson] (1976)
[SSPX Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta], S.S.P.X. (1980)
[SSPX Bishop Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X. (1982)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. † (1950)
Bishop Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. † (1952)
Bishop François Ndong † (1961)
[SSPX Bishop Richard Williamson] (1988)
[SSPX Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X. (1988)
[SSPX Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta], S.S.P.X. (1988)
[SSPX Bishop Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X. (1988)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † (1951)
Archbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. † (1968)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tourcoing, Diocese of Lille
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame, Church, Tourcoing, Diocese of Lille
Death Place	Martigny, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
Buried Place (Original)	SSPX, Seminary, Écône, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
Buried Place (Current)	Cœur Immaculé de Marie, Church, Écône, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 93

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