Bishop Gustave-Marie-Jean Blanc, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Corea

Titular Bishop of Antigonea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 May 1844		Born
22 Dec 1866	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
26 Jul 1882	38.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Corea
26 Jul 1882	38.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Antigonea
8 Jul 1883	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Antigonea
20 Jun 1884	40.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
21 Feb 1890	45.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Corea

MicroData Summary
Gustave-Marie-Jean Blanc
Bishop Gustave-Marie-Jean Blanc M.E.P.
(born 6 May 1844, died 21 Feb 1890)
Vicar Apostolic of Corea

Event Place
Birth Place Reugney, Archdiocese of Besançon, France
Ordained Bishop Nagasaki, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Japan
Death Place Seoul, Vicariate Apostolic of Corea

a priest for 23.1 years
a bishop for 6.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernard-Thadée Petitjean, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Myriophytos
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph-Marie Laucaigne, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Apollonia
Assisted by:
Father Eugène Jean Coste, M.E.P.
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard-Thadée Petitjean, M.E.P. † (1866)
Titular Bishop of Myriophytos
Bishop Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. † (1857)
Titular Bishop of Cybistra
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-Alphonse Cousin, M.E.P. † (1885)

External Link(s):

France-Asia Research Institute: 0928
WikiData: Q12594539

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 107
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1883, Number 31
ab/ob: CB, 27 Oct 2017

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