Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Mar 1913		Born
Jun 1938³	25.2	First Vows	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
10 Jun 1939	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
7 Mar 1947	34.0	Appointed	Prefect of Fort Jameson, Zambia
7 May 1953	40.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Fort Jameson, Zambia
7 May 1953	40.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Carystus
21 Sep 1953	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Carystus
25 Apr 1959	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Fort Jameson, Zambia
11 Nov 1970	57.6	Resigned	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
3 Nov 1999	86.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Firmin Courtemanche
(WikiData: Q20752373)
Bishop Firmin Courtemanche M. Afr. (born 6 Mar 1913, died 3 Nov 1999) Bishop Emeritus of Chipata

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Pie-de-Bagot, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Ordained Priest Eastview
Ordained Bishop Saint Hyacinthe, Cathedral, Saint-Hyacinthe, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Death Place Seminary, Saint-Hyacinthe, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

a priest for 60.3 years
a bishop for 46.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes †
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Principal Consecrator:
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. †
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges Cabana †
Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec
Bishop Arthur Douville †
Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. † (1950)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Medardo Joseph Cardinal Mazombwe † (1971)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Pie-de-Bagot, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Ordained Priest	Eastview
Ordained Bishop	Saint Hyacinthe, Cathedral, Saint-Hyacinthe, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Death Place	Seminary, Saint-Hyacinthe, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 744
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,261
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 83
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 399, and Page 400

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