Bishop François-Xavier Ross †

Deceased

Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Mar 1869		Born
19 May 1894	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
11 Dec 1922	53.7	Appointed	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
1 May 1923	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
3 May 1923	54.1	Installed	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
5 Jul 1945	76.3	Died	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary
François-Xavier Ross
Bishop François-Xavier Ross
(born 7 Mar 1869, died 5 Jul 1945)
Bishop of Gaspé

Event Place
Birth Place Sainte-Felicité des Groses Roches
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Rimouski, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Rimouski, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Buried Place (Original) Urseline, Cemetery, Gaspé, Diocese of Gaspé, Québec
Buried Place (Current) Cathedral, Gaspé, Diocese of Gaspé, Québec

a priest for 51.1 years
a bishop for 22.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop André-Albert Blais †
Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pietro di Maria †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph-Romuald Léonard †
Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Bishop Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. †
Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pietro di Maria † (1906)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
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:
Bishop Alfred-Odilon Comtois † (1926)
Archbishop Georges-Alexandre Courchesne † (1928)
Bishop Charles-Antonelli Lamarche † (1928)
Archbishop Charles Eugène Parent † (1944)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 33667187
WikiData: Q3083733

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1923, Number 23
loc: CB, 14 Apr 2019

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