Bishop Louis Bel, C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia

Titular Bishop of Agathopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Sep 1823		Born
1846¹	22.2	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Mission
1847¹	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
11 Jul 1865	41.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
11 Jul 1865	41.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
22 Oct 1865	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
1 Mar 1868	44.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Louis Bel
(VIAF: 44291607; WikiData: Q64735588)
Bishop Louis Bel C.M. (born 27 Sep 1823, died 1 Mar 1868) Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia

Event Place
Birth Place Castelfranc, France
Ordained Bishop 95, rue de Sevres, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France

a priest for 21.1 years
a bishop for 2.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alessandro Franchi †
Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Guglielmo Massaia, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Casius
Bishop Antoine Boutonnet †
Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alessandro Franchi † (1856)
Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Castelfranc, France
Ordained Bishop	95, rue de Sevres, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 80
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1865, Number 39

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