Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Rhithymna

Superior General of Society of African Missions

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Nov 1859		Born
5 Dec 1881	22.0	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
19 May 1883	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
15 Jul 1895	35.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
15 Jul 1895	35.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
25 Aug 1895	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
2 Jun 1902³	42.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
9 Sep 1907	47.8	Appointed	Superior General of Society of African Missions
11 Mar 1914	54.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Paul Pellet
(WikiData: Q16027435)
Bishop Paul Pellet S.M.A. (born 14 Nov 1859, died 11 Mar 1914) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Costa di Benin

Event Place
Birth Place Sainte-Anne d'Estrablin, Diocese of Grenoble, France
Ordained Bishop St. Jean, Cathedral, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Death Place Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France

a priest for 30.8 years
a bishop for 18.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) †
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jules-François Philippe, M.S.F.S. †
Titular Bishop of Lares
Bishop Pierre-Marie Belmont †
Bishop of Clermont

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) † (1876)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. † (1906)
Bishop Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. † (1906)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Auguste Duret, S.M.A. † (1910)
Bishop Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A. † (1912)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Isidore Klauss, S.M.A. † (1904)
Bishop Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. † (1906)
Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A. † (1906)
Bishop Jacques-Louis Monestès † (1911)
Bishop Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. † (1912)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sainte-Anne d'Estrablin, Diocese of Grenoble, France
Ordained Bishop	St. Jean, Cathedral, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Death Place	Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 481
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1895, Number 50
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 3 Sep 2023

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