Bishop Léonce Bridoux, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania

Titular Bishop of Utica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1852		Born
24 Oct 1874	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
1883²	30.9	Appointed	Vicar General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
1886²	33.9	Resigned	Vicar General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
15 Jun 1888	36.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
15 Jun 1888	36.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Utica
8 Jul 1888	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Utica
20 Oct 1890	38.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Léonce Bridoux
(VIAF: 266426809; WikiData: Q11220186)
Bishop Léonce Bridoux M. Afr. (born 15 Jan 1852, died 20 Oct 1890) Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika

Event Place
Birth Place Henin-Liétard, France
Ordained Bishop N.D. de Sion, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Death Place Kibanga

a priest for 15.9 years
a bishop for 2.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Charles-Martial-Allemand Cardinal Lavigerie †
Archbishop of Alger
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Barthélemy Clément Combes †
Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone)
Bishop Clovis-Nicolas-Joseph Catteau †
Bishop of Luçon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Charles-Martial-Allemand Cardinal Lavigerie † (1863)
Archbishop of Alger
Clément Cardinal Villecourt † (1836)
Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Henin-Liétard, France
Ordained Bishop	N.D. de Sion, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Death Place	Kibanga

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 577
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1888, Number 39
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 2, Column 95, to Column 100

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