Bishop Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1920		Born
1 Aug 1943	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
24 Aug 1962	42.5	Appointed	Bishop of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Dec 1962	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Dec 1975	55.8	Resigned	Bishop of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Mar 1985	65.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary for Joseph Alain Leroy
(WikiData: Q64745906)
Bishop Joseph Alain Leroy O.F.M. (born 3 Feb 1920, died 27 Mar 1985) Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa

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 Herbeumont, Belgium

a priest for 41.6 years
a bishop for 22.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Kamina
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Musty †
Titular Bishop of Botriana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue † (1942)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Ilunga Kaseba † (1976)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Herbeumont, Belgium

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 188

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