Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1920		Born
8 Jul 1945	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
16 Jan 1958	37.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Jan 1958	37.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Calama
11 May 1958	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Calama
10 Nov 1959	39.6	Appointed	Bishop of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May 1970	50.2	Resigned	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May 1970	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird
23 Jul 1976	56.3	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird
21 Mar 1993	73.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary for René Toussaint
(VIAF: 15612904; WikiData: Q29474046)
Bishop René Toussaint O.M.I. (born 5 Mar 1920, died 21 Mar 1993) Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa

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

Event Place
Birth Place Ochamps, Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Idiofa, Vicariate Apostolic of Ipamu
Death Place Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

a priest for 47.7 years
a bishop for 34.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Belali
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Casius
Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Raphanea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † (1949)
Titular Bishop of Belali
Bishop Karel Justinus Marie Ernest Calewaert † (1948)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ochamps, Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Idiofa, Vicariate Apostolic of Ipamu
Death Place	Namur, Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 35

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