Bishop Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon

Titular Bishop of Corycus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1876		Born
6 Aug 1899	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
27 Aug 1899	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
10 Dec 1912	36.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
10 Dec 1912	36.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Corycus
24 Feb 1913	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Corycus
7 May 1914	37.4	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
22 Mar 1925	48.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon

MicroData Summary for Louis-Jean Martrou
(VIAF: 208047360; WikiData: Q64691895)
Bishop Louis-Jean Martrou C.S.Sp. (born 4 Dec 1876, died 22 Mar 1925) Vicar Apostolic of Gabon

Event Place
Birth Place Riom-ès-Montagnes, Diocese of Saint-Flour, France
Ordained Deacon Holy Spirit’s Seminary, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest Missions’ Seminary, Chapel, Chevilly, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Saint-Pierre, Cathedral, Saint-Flour, Diocese of Saint-Flour, France
Death Place Libreville, Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon

a priest for 25.5 years
a bishop for 12.0 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Bodona
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Alinda
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul-Augustin Le Coeur †
Bishop of Saint-Flour
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Alinda
Bishop Jacques-Jean Gely †
Bishop of Mende

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul-Augustin Le Coeur † (1906)
Bishop of Saint-Flour
Archbishop Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet † (1888)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson † (1875)
Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)
Archbishop Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier † (1870)
Archbishop of Besançon
Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac † (1853)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † (1840)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
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 Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. † (1915)
Bishop Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp. † (1922)
Bishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp. † (1922)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. † (1914)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Riom-ès-Montagnes, Diocese of Saint-Flour, France
Ordained Deacon	Holy Spirit’s Seminary, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest	Missions’ Seminary, Chapel, Chevilly, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Pierre, Cathedral, Saint-Flour, Diocese of Saint-Flour, France
Death Place	Libreville, Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1913, Number 10
od/c01/loc: AJ, 28 Jul 2022

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