Bishop Théodore Legain †

Deceased

Bishop of Montauban, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1809		Born
3 Nov 1833	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Apr 1871	61.4	Selected	Bishop of Montauban, France
24 May 1871	61.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Montauban, France
25 Jul 1871	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Montauban, France
21 Apr 1881	71.4	Died	Bishop of Montauban, France

MicroData Summary for Théodore Legain
(VIAF: 22133741; WikiData: Q63184315)
Bishop Théodore Legain (born 8 Nov 1809, died 21 Apr 1881) Bishop of Montauban

Event Place
Birth Place Épeugney
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Montauban, Diocese of Montauban

a priest for 47.4 years
a bishop for 9.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez †
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †
Bishop of Nevers
Bishop Pierre-Marie-Gervais Lacarrière †
Bishop Emeritus of Guinea Portoghese

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez † (1851)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Archbishop René-François Régnier † (1842)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Denis-Auguste Affre † (1840)
Archbishop of Paris
Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles Cardinal de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais † (1802)
Bishop of Arras
Archbishop Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure † (1754)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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:
Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin † (1880)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Julien Costes † (1876)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Épeugney
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Montauban, Diocese of Montauban

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 392
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1871, Number 22
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 425, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 848, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,025, Ascendance

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