Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania

Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Dec 1869		Born
2 Jul 1895	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
26 Jun 1912	42.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania
26 Jun 1912	42.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
27 Jun 1912	42.5	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania
10 Aug 1912	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
23 Jul 1928	58.6	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania
15 May 1953	83.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Henri Léonard
Bishop Henri Léonard M. Afr.
(born 5 Dec 1869, died 15 May 1953)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tabora

Event Place
Birth Place Oeutrange, France

a priest for 57.8 years
a bishop for 40.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Pacandus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Girba
Bishop Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Thibaris

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Pacandus
Charles-Martial-Allemand Cardinal Lavigerie † (1863)
Archbishop of Alger
Clément Cardinal Villecourt † (1836)
Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger), O.F.M. Cap. † (1923)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † (1920)
Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. † (1922)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 10847811
WikiData: Q64733792

Source(s):

c2+: LC
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1912, Number 52

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