Bishop Jacques Roissant †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

Titular Bishop of Usula

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1840		Born
10 Jun 1865	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Mar 1901	61.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
21 Mar 1901	61.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Usula
15 Sep 1901	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Usula
Aug 1909³	69.3	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
6 Apr 1914	74.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Jacques Roissant
Bishop Jacques Roissant
(born 17 Mar 1840, died 6 Apr 1914)
Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli

Event Place
Birth Place Bommiers, France

a priest for 48.8 years
a bishop for 12.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henri Doulcet, C.P. †
Bishop of Nicopoli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Roberto Menini, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Henri Doulcet, C.P. † (1895)
Bishop of Nicopoli
Franziskus von Paula Cardinal Schönborn † (1883)
Archbishop of Praha {Prague}
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu Cardinal von Schwarzenberg † (1836)
Archbishop of Praha {Prague}
Bishop Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (1832)
Bishop of Trento
Bishop Bernhard Galura † (1820)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Karl Franz von Lodron † (1792)
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Bishop Dionys von Rost † (1777)
Bishop of Chur
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli † (1766)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734909

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 576
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1901, Number 55

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