Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1929		Born
1947²	17.4	Entered	Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
15 Aug 1948	19.1	First Vows	Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
15 Aug 1953	24.1	Perpetual Vows	Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
13 Mar 1954	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
17 Oct 1961	32.2	Appointed	Prefect of Daru, Papua New Guinea
15 Nov 1966	37.3	Appointed	Bishop of Daru, Papua New Guinea
21 Jan 1967	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Daru, Papua New Guinea
2 Jan 1999	69.4	Appointed	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
12 Feb 2002	72.6	Resigned	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
25 Feb 2022	92.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Gérard-Joseph Deschamps
(WikiData: Q1558941)
Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps S.M.M. (born 4 Jul 1929, died 25 Feb 2022) Bishop Emeritus of Bereina

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Eastview, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ordained Priest Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Death Place Sainte-Dorothée

a priest for 67.9 years
a bishop for 55.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gérard-Marie Coderre †
Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec
Bishop René Audet †
Titular Bishop of Chonochora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gilles Côté, S.M.M. (1995)
John Cardinal Ribat, M.S.C. (2001)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Marchand, S.M.M. † (1993)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Eastview, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ordained Priest	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Death Place	Sainte-Dorothée

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 61, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 26 Feb 2022
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 435, and Page 436

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