Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, A.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Istanbul, Turkey

Titular Bishop of Sasima

Motto: Gloria Crucis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 May 1940		Born
15 Sep 1962	22.3	Professed	Member of Augustinians of the Assumption
24 May 1969	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption
9 Jul 1992	52.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
9 Jul 1992	52.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sasima
13 Sep 1992	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sasima
1999²	58.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey
16 Apr 2016	75.9	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
16 Apr 2016	75.9	Retired	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey
20 Aug 2026	86.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Istanbul, Turkey

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Louis-Armel Pelâtre
Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre A.A.
(born 12 May 1940, died 20 Aug 2026)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Istanbul

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Pancé, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
Ordained Priest La Rochelle, Diocese of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
Ordained Bishop Saint-Esprit, Cathedral, Istanbul, Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul
Death Place Istanbul, Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul

a priest for 57.2 years
a bishop for 33.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Sergio Sebastiani †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian †
Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian)
Archbishop Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. †
Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sergio Sebastiani † (1976)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. (2015)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pancé, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
Ordained Priest	La Rochelle, Diocese of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Esprit, Cathedral, Istanbul, Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul
Death Place	Istanbul, Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1871914

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,924
r: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2016
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 259, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d/loc: CB, 21 Aug 2026

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