Bishop Jean-Étienne Sémeria, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Feb 1813		Born
1 May 1830	17.2	Professed	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
19 Sep 1835	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
6 Jun 1856	43.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
6 Jun 1856	43.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
17 Aug 1856	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
26 Jul 1857	44.4	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
23 Jan 1868	54.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary for Jean-Étienne Sémeria
(VIAF: 7172159478149527990005; WikiData: Q64751429)
Bishop Jean-Étienne Sémeria O.M.I. (born 7 Feb 1813, died 23 Jan 1868) Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna

Event Place
Birth Place La Colla, Diocese of Ventimiglia, Italy
Ordained Priest Notre-Dame du Laus, Diocese of Gap, France
Ordained Bishop Montolivet, Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France
Death Place Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France
Buried Place (Original) Oblate Tomb, Cemetery, Aix-en-Provence, Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

a priest for 32.3 years
a bishop for 11.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Icosium
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Marseille
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Viviers
Bishop Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Bytown, Ontario

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Event	Place
Birth Place	La Colla, Diocese of Ventimiglia, Italy
Ordained Priest	Notre-Dame du Laus, Diocese of Gap, France
Ordained Bishop	Montolivet, Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France
Death Place	Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France
Buried Place (Original)	Oblate Tomb, Cemetery, Aix-en-Provence, Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 425
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1856, Number 34

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