Archbishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jun 1905		Born
2 Jun 1928	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
8 Jan 1948	42.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
8 Jan 1948	42.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hirina
4 Jun 1948	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hirina
16 Sep 1949	44.2	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
14 Sep 1955	50.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
12 Jan 1960	54.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
12 Jan 1960	54.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria
16 Jul 1987	82.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

MicroData Summary for Emile-Joseph Socquet
(VIAF: 1210155042856572402735; WikiData: Q64733918)
Archbishop Emile-Joseph Socquet M. Afr. (born 11 Jun 1905, died 16 Jul 1987) Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou

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Event Place
Birth Place Crest-Voland, Diocese of Annecy, France
Ordained Bishop Saint Pierre, Cathedral, Annecy, Diocese of Annecy, France
Death Place Annecy, Diocese of Annecy, France

a priest for 59.1 years
a bishop for 39.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron †
Bishop of Annecy
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frédéric Duc †
Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Bishop Léon-Etienne Duval †
Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron † (1940)
Bishop of Annecy
Bishop Jean-Camille Costes † (1924)
Bishop of Angers
Bishop Joseph Rumeau † (1899)
Bishop of Angers
Bishop Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin † (1885)
Bishop of Agen
Archbishop Jean-Émile Fonteneau † (1875)
Archbishop of Albi
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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:
Bishop Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. † (1952)
Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré † (1956)
Bishop Gaston-Marie Jacquier † (1961)
Archbishop Michel Callens, M. Afr. † (1965)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Crest-Voland, Diocese of Annecy, France
Ordained Bishop	Saint Pierre, Cathedral, Annecy, Diocese of Annecy, France
Death Place	Annecy, Diocese of Annecy, France

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 61

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