Bishop Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

Titular Bishop of Murcona

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jul 1943		Born
29 Jun 1969	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
22 May 2003	59.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
22 May 2003	59.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Murcona
31 Aug 2003	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Murcona
5 Jul 2018	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
6 Sep 2021	78.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

MicroData Summary for Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma
(VIAF: 220089358; WikiData: Q555881)
Bishop Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma (born 5 Jul 1943, died 6 Sep 2021) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)

Ad Limina - January 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Vailhauquès nell’Hérault
Ordained Bishop Zénith, Stadium, Montpellier, Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Death Place Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Montpellier, Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 18.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau
Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard
Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas)
Bishop Robert Léon Wattebled
Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau (1989)
Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Bishop Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet † (1978)
Bishop of Meaux
Bishop Armand François Marie Robert Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. † (1966)
Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny)
Paul-Marie-Alexandre Cardinal Richaud † (1934)
Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas)
Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † (1919)
Bishop of Versailles
Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette † (1899)
Archbishop of Paris
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Cardinal Sourrieu † (1882)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop Pierre-Alfred Grimardias † (1866)
Bishop of Cahors
Bishop Louis-Charles Féron † (1834)
Bishop of Clermont
Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † (1817)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
Archbishop of Besançon
Bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne † (1770)
Bishop of Langres
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Bertrand Didier Marie Joseph Lacombe (2016)
Bishop Alain Jean Louis Guellec (2019)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vailhauquès nell’Hérault
Ordained Bishop	Zénith, Stadium, Montpellier, Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
Death Place	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Montpellier, Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,447
mn: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 228, Additions/Corrections (front)
r: Bollettino, 5 Jul 2018
d: CB, 6 Sep 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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