Bishop Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

Titular Bishop of Remesiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1854		Born
1879¹	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
1886¹	31.9	Professed	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
24 Jul 1897	43.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Remesiana
27 Jul 1897	43.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Jun 1898	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Remesiana
Nov 1926³	72.7	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
17 Oct 1929	75.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Joseph-Marie Leray
(WikiData: Q19471851)
Bishop Joseph-Marie Leray M.S.C. (born 25 Jan 1854, died 17 Oct 1929) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}

Event Place
Birth Place Montoir, France
Ordained Bishop St. Donatien, Nantes, Diocese of Nantes, France

a priest for 50.7 years
a bishop for 31.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre-Émile Rouard †
Bishop of Nantes
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henri Joulain, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Jaffna
Bishop Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Pogla

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre-Émile Rouard † (1896)
Bishop of Nantes
Bishop Frédéric-Henri Oury † (1885)
Bishop of Dijon
Archbishop Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert † (1867)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Archbishop François-Augustin Delamare † (1856)
Archbishop of Auch
Thomas-Marie-Joseph Cardinal Gousset † (1836)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
Archbishop of Besançon
Bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne † (1770)
Bishop of Langres
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)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Montoir, France
Ordained Bishop	St. Donatien, Nantes, Diocese of Nantes, France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 480
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1898, Number 40

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