Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1908		Born
Sep 1930³	22.3	Entered	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
27 Jun 1934	26.1	Perpetual Vows	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
29 Jun 1935	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
12 Apr 1957	48.9	Appointed	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
9 Jun 1957	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
23 Jun 1972	64.1	Resigned	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
21 Dec 1976	68.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Gabriel Champagne
(VIAF: 316918899; WikiData: Q64760566)
Bishop Gabriel Champagne M. Afr. (born 23 Apr 1908, died 21 Dec 1976) Bishop Emeritus of Tamale

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

Event Place
Birth Place St-André d’Acton, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Saint-Hyacinthe, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Death Place Notre-Dame, Hospital, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Buried Place (Original) St-Martin, Cemetery, Laval

a priest for 41.4 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. †
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Amadassa
Bishop Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †
Bishop of Amos, Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. † (1950)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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	St-André d’Acton, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Saint-Hyacinthe, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Death Place	Notre-Dame, Hospital, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Buried Place (Original)	St-Martin, Cemetery, Laval

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 78
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 349

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