Bishop Gaston-Antoine Rasneur †

Deceased

Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Feb 1874		Born
1899¹	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
30 Jan 1924	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
25 Mar 1924	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
23 Nov 1939	65.7	Died	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Gaston-Antoine Rasneur
Bishop Gaston-Antoine Rasneur
(born 26 Feb 1874, died 23 Nov 1939)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}

Event Place
Birth Place Mainvault, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Tournai, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}
Death Place Tournai, Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}

a priest for 40.8 years
a bishop for 15.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Désiré Felicien François Joseph Cardinal Mercier †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Émile-Jean Seghers †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Désiré Felicien François Joseph Cardinal Mercier † (1906)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Antonio Vico † (1898)
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Bishop Honoré-Joseph Coppieters † (1927)
Bishop Paulin Ladeuze † (1929)
Bishop Paul Justin Cawet † (1929)
Bishop Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. † (1934)
Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. † (1934)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64776853

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1937
c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1924, Number 17

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