Archbishop Georges-Arthur Melançon †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Apr 1886		Born
12 Sep 1909	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
31 May 1940	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
23 Jul 1940	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
18 Feb 1961	74.8	Retired	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
18 Feb 1961	74.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Esbus
22 Nov 1970	84.6	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Esbus
22 Nov 1970	84.6	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title)
21 Oct 1982	96.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary for Georges-Arthur Melançon
(VIAF: 105951449; WikiData: Q11860399)
Archbishop Georges-Arthur Melançon (born 7 Apr 1886, died 21 Oct 1982) Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Guillaume d’Upton

a priest for 73.1 years
a bishop for 42.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †
Bishop of Amos, Québec
Bishop Albini Lafortune †
Bishop of Nicolet, Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, O.M.I. † (1930)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † (1913)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési † (1897)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin † (1888)
Titular Archbishop of Cyrene
Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Roch Pedneault † (1953)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Norbert Robichaud † (1942)
Bishop Camille-André Le Blanc † (1942)
Bishop Joseph Albertus Martin † (1950)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Guillaume d’Upton

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 43

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