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Bishop Jean-Marie Simon, O.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Thaumacus

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Troyes, Diocese of Troyes, France

a bishop for 34.1 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Gustave-Adolphe de Pélacot † Bishop of Troyes Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Emmanuel-Marie-Ange de Briey † Bishop of Meaux Bishop Henri-Louis Chapon † Bishop of Nice

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Gustave-Adolphe de Pélacot † (1898) Bishop of Troyes Bishop Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois † (1894) Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay Archbishop Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré † (1885) Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo) Archbishop Guillaume-René Meignan † (1865) Archbishop of Tours Bishop Henri Louis Charles Maret † (1861) Titular Bishop of Sura François-Nicholas-Madeleine Cardinal Morlot † (1839) Archbishop of Paris Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824) Bishop of Nancy (-Toul) Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820) Archbishop of Rouen Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790) Archbishop of Reims Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785) Titular Archbishop of Rhodus Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 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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