Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Aug 1896		Born
10 Jun 1922	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Aug 1951	54.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France
21 Aug 1951	54.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhandus
11 Oct 1951	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhandus
30 Aug 1957	61.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Le Mans, France
4 May 1959	62.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Le Mans, France
28 Oct 1971	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Le Mans, France
4 Mar 1976	79.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France

MicroData Summary
Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier
Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier
(born 29 Aug 1896, died 4 Mar 1976)
Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans

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 Marolles-les-Braults, Diocese of Le Mans
Ordained Bishop Saint Julien, Cathedral, Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans
Death Place Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 24.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente †
Bishop of Le Mans
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet †
Bishop of Nantes
Bishop Marcel-Marie-Joseph-Henri-Paul Dubois †
Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente † (1918)
Bishop of Le Mans
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix † (1965)
Bishop Victor-Julien-André Gouet † (1967)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Marolles-les-Braults, Diocese of Le Mans
Ordained Bishop	Saint Julien, Cathedral, Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans
Death Place	Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q27179197

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 110

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