Bishop Pierre Samain †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Oct 1911		Born
2 Apr 1934	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
31 May 1967	55.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
31 May 1967	55.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca
25 Jul 1967	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca
28 Feb 1984	72.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Pierre Samain
Bishop Pierre Samain
(born 29 Oct 1911, died 28 Feb 1984)
Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}

Event Place
Birth Place Fleurus

a priest for 49.9 years
a bishop for 16.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles-Marie Himmer †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles-Marie Himmer † (1949)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

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