Archbishop Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China

Titular Archbishop of Craina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Sep 1854		Born
29 Jun 1879	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
1880¹	25.2	Professed	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
20 Apr 1901	46.5	Appointed	Prefect of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong), China
20 Apr 1901	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Orcistus
6 Oct 1901	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Orcistus
6 Apr 1914	59.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou], China
4 Aug 1914	59.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou], China
16 Jun 1921	66.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Craina
13 Oct 1932	78.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Jean-Marie Mérel
Archbishop Jean-Marie Mérel M.E.P.
(born 18 Sep 1854, died 13 Oct 1932)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou]

Event Place
Birth Place Pibordel, Diocese of Nantes, France
Ordained Bishop Canton
Death Place Singapur

a priest for 53.2 years
a bishop for 31.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Calama
Bishop Louis Marie Piazzoli, P.I.M.E. †
Titular Bishop of Clazomenae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea
Bishop Isidore-François-Joseph Colombert, M.E.P. † (1872)
Titular Bishop of Samosata
Bishop Jean-Claude Miche, M.E.P. † (1847)
Titular Bishop of Dausara
Bishop Dominique Lefèbvre, M.E.P. † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Isauropolis
Bishop St. Etienne-Théodore Cuénot, M.E.P. † (1835)
Titular Bishop of Metellopolis
Bishop Jean-Louis Taberd, M.E.P. † (1830)
Titular Bishop of Isauropolis
Bishop Esprit-Marie-Joseph Floren, M.E.P. † (1812)
Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto
Bishop Jean Labartette, M.E.P. † (1793)
Titular Bishop of Vera
Bishop Jacques-Benjamin Longer, M.E.P. † (1792)
Titular Bishop of Gortyna
Bishop Marcelino José Da Silva † (1790)
Bishop of Macau
Archbishop Carlo Bellisomi † (1775)
Titular Archbishop of Tyana
Pope Pius VI (1775)
(Giovanni Angelico Braschi †)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Domenico Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. † (1905)
Bishop Maurice-François Ducoeur, M.E.P. † (1911)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q29913480

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 427
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1901, Number 57
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020

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