Archbishop Joël Michel Marie Luc Mercier

Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy

Titular Archbishop of Rota

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jan 1945		Born
27 Jun 1970	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Angers, France
8 Jan 2015	70.0	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy
8 Jan 2015	70.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Rota
19 Mar 2015	70.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Rota

MicroData Summary for Joël Michel Marie Luc Mercier
Archbishop Joël Michel Marie Luc Mercier (born 5 Jan 1945) Secretary of Clergy

Event Place
Birth Place Chaudefonds-sur-Layon

Please contact the Archbishop through the Congregation for the Clergy.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal Parolin
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Marc Armand Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S.
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Beniamino Cardinal Stella
Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Jan 2015
fn: CB, 14 Jan 2015
ob: CB, 11 Feb 2015
c2: CB, 13 Mar 2015
c34: CB, 14 Mar 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 222, Number 18,388

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