Bishop Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada

Titular Bishop of Isba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Feb 1903		Born
1 Aug 1924	21.4	Entered	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
2 Aug 1926	23.4	First Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
8 Sep 1929	26.5	Perpetual Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
14 Jun 1931	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
14 Mar 1946	43.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada
14 Mar 1946	43.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Isba
28 Apr 1946	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Isba
3 Oct 1966	63.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary for Lionel Scheffer
(VIAF: 317273559; WikiData: Q3241943)
Bishop Lionel Scheffer O.M.I. (born 24 Feb 1903, died 3 Oct 1966) Vicar Apostolic of Labrador

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 Ste-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Ordained Priest Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario
Ordained Bishop Basilica, Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario
Death Place Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec

a priest for 35.3 years
a bishop for 20.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alexandre Vachon †
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Bonusta
Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †
Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alexandre Vachon † (1940)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † (1913)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési † (1897)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin † (1888)
Titular Archbishop of Cyrene
Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
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:
Bishop Jules Leguerrier, O.M.I. † (1964)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ste-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Ordained Priest	Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario
Ordained Bishop	Basilica, Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario
Death Place	Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec

Source(s):

bd/op: CB, 18 Jan 2012
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 28

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