Archbishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J.

Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 May 1944		Born
8 May 1975	31.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Society of Jesus
14 Jun 1975	31.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
30 Apr 1981	36.9	Solemn Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
21 Nov 2008	64.5	Appointed	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
12 Feb 2009	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
20 Feb 2009	64.7	Installed	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
23 May 2015	71.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Alger, Algeria
24 Dec 2016	72.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
10 Feb 2017	72.7	Installed	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
27 Dec 2021	77.6	Retired	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria

MicroData Summary for Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges
(VIAF: 191916958; WikiData: Q1390637)
Archbishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges S.J. (born 7 May 1944) Archbishop Emeritus of Alger

Ad Limina - March 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Etienne, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Ordained Deacon St-Ignace, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest St-Ignace, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame d`Afrique, Basilica, Alger, Archdiocese of Alger

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Alger.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril †
Titular Bishop of Reperi
Ordained Priest by:
Gabriel Auguste François Cardinal Marty †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader
Archbishop of Alger
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun
Bishop of Saint-Etienne
Bishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado †
Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (2008)
Archbishop of Alger
Patriarch Fouad Boutros Twal (1992)
Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Patriarch Michel Sabbah (1988)
Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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:
Archbishop Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Etienne, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Ordained Deacon	St-Ignace, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest	St-Ignace, Church, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame d`Afrique, Basilica, Alger, Archdiocese of Alger

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 21 Nov 2008
ob/i/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Number 16,053
ab: Annuario Pontificio Variazioni, Year 2015, Number 10
ab: Bollettino, 24 Dec 2016
od/c01/loc: AJ, 3 Jul 2018
r: Bollettino, 27 Dec 2021

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