Bishop Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière

Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

Apostolic Administrator of Nevers

Note(s): (Fraternités Monastiques de Jérusalem)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Sep 1954		Born
23 May 1983	28.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
18 Sep 1983	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Dec 2000	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France
14 Dec 2000	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania
18 Feb 2001	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania
8 Apr 2006	51.5	Appointed	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
30 Apr 2006	51.6	Installed	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
3 Jan 2023	68.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Nevers, France
2 Jun 2024	69.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Nevers, France

MicroData Summary for Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière
(VIAF: 227389379; WikiData: Q818129)
Bishop Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière (born 14 Sep 1954) Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny)

Ad Limina - November 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - October 2021 (France, unconfirmed): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Brive-la-Gaillarde, Diocese of Tulle
Ordained Deacon Saint-Victor, Abbey, Marseille, Archdiocese of Marseille
Ordained Priest Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Cathedral, Marseille, Archdiocese of Marseille
Ordained Bishop Sainte Marie Majeure, Cathedral, Marseille, Archdiocese of Marseille

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Roger Marie Élie Cardinal Etchegaray †
Archbishop of Marseille
Ordained Priest by:
Roger Marie Élie Cardinal Etchegaray †
Archbishop of Marseille
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu †
Archbishop of Marseille
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard
Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm.
Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu † (1974)
Archbishop of Marseille
Archbishop Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † (1955)
Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
Pierre-Marie Paul Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Yves Le Saux, Comm. l'Emm. (2009)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Brive-la-Gaillarde, Diocese of Tulle
Ordained Deacon	Saint-Victor, Abbey, Marseille, Archdiocese of Marseille
Ordained Priest	Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Cathedral, Marseille, Archdiocese of Marseille
Ordained Bishop	Sainte Marie Majeure, Cathedral, Marseille, Archdiocese of Marseille

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 Apr 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,913
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Deceased Cardinals (back)
od/c01/loc: AJ, 11 Feb 2021
ab: CB, 6 Jan 2023

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