Bishop Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B.

Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1950		Born
27 Oct 1971	21.2	Professed	Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard
15 Jun 1977	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard
2009²	58.4	Appointed	Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard
8 Jul 2014	63.9	Appointed	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
28 Sep 2014	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Jean-Marie Lovey
Bishop Jean-Marie Lovey C.R.B.
(born 2 Aug 1950)
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}

Ad Limina - December 2014: Bishop

Event Place
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Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sion {Sitten}.

a priest for years
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Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Norbert Brunner
Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P.
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Bishop Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V.
Bishop of France, Military

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Norbert Brunner (1995)
Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Henri Cardinal Schwery † (1977)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. † (1952)
Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 297319644
WikiData: Q17331419

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Jul 2014
ob: CB, 11 Jul 2014
c2+: CB, 2 Sep 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 220, Number 18,290

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