Bishop Joseph-Claude Excoffier, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnan, China

Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Dec 1861		Born
1884	22.0	Professed	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères
7 Mar 1886	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères
20 Mar 1886	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
30 Mar 1895	33.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan, China
30 Mar 1895	33.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia
18 Aug 1895	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia
Jan 1907¹	45.0	Resigned	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan, China
3 May 1923	61.3	Died	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnan, China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Joseph-Claude Excoffier
(WikiData: Q64745212)
Bishop Joseph-Claude Excoffier M.E.P. (born 23 Dec 1861, died 3 May 1923) Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnan

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Sylvestre, Diocese of Annecy, France
Ordained Deacon Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest Missions' Seminary, Church, Chevilly, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Yunnanfu, Vicariate Apostolic of Yünnan
Death Place Hyères, Diocese of Fréjus, France
Buried Place (Original) Saint-Sulpice Priests’ plot, Cemetery, Hyères, Diocese of Fréjus, France

a priest for 37.1 years
a bishop for 27.7 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Camillo Siciliano di Rende †
Archbishop of Benevento
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Raphanea
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Tenedus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. † (1881)
Titular Bishop of Tenedus
Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. † (1872)
Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis
Bishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † (1844)
Titular Bishop of Sinitis
Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818)
Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
Archbishop François de Bovet †
Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jules Prosper París, S.J. † (1900)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Sylvestre, Diocese of Annecy, France
Ordained Deacon	Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest	Missions' Seminary, Church, Chevilly, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Yunnanfu, Vicariate Apostolic of Yünnan
Death Place	Hyères, Diocese of Fréjus, France
Buried Place (Original)	Saint-Sulpice Priests’ plot, Cemetery, Hyères, Diocese of Fréjus, France

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 382
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1895, Number 49
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 31 Dec 2019
od/c01/loc: AJ, 28 Jul 2022

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