Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1902		Born
2 Feb 1928	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
13 Jun 1941	38.8	Appointed	Prefect of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria
21 Jun 1948	45.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Celerina
21 Jun 1948	45.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria
8 Dec 1948	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Celerina
14 Sep 1955	53.1	Appointed	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
11 Jan 1968	65.4	Resigned	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
11 Jan 1968	65.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor
13 Oct 1976	74.1	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor
27 Aug 1991	89.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

MicroData Summary for Georges-Louis Mercier
(VIAF: 89807098; WikiData: Q64744947)
Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier M. Afr. (born 1 Aug 1902, died 27 Aug 1991) Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat

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

Event Place
Birth Place Carignan, Archdiocese of Reims, France
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Reims, Archdiocese of Reims, France
Death Place Tassy

a priest for 63.5 years
a bishop for 42.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin †
Archbishop of Reims
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin †
Titular Bishop of Utica
Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier †
Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin † (1930)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Joseph-Marie Tissier † (1913)
Bishop of Châlons
Bishop Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet † (1901)
Bishop of Chartres
Archbishop Eudoxe-Irénée-Edouard Mignot † (1890)
Archbishop of Albi
Archbishop Odon Thibaudier † (1875)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet † (1852)
Archbishop of Albi
Louis-Jacques-Maurice Cardinal de Bonald † (1823)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Bishop Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil † (1816)
Bishop of Chartres
Archbishop François de Pierre de Bernis † (1781)
Archbishop Emeritus of Albi
Pope Pius VI (1775)
(Giovanni Angelico Braschi †)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. † (1950)
Bishop Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. † (1968)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Carignan, Archdiocese of Reims, France
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Reims, Archdiocese of Reims, France
Death Place	Tassy

Source(s):

c2+: LC
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 133

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