Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

Motto: Fortitudo Mea Dominus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Mar 1816		Born
16 Mar 1839	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
27 Mar 1846	30.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Japan
27 Mar 1846	30.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Samos
21 Feb 1847	30.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Samos
Jan 1852³	35.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Japan
8 Apr 1853	37.0	Selected	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
12 Sep 1853	37.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
15 Dec 1860	44.7	Selected	Bishop of Nevers, France
18 Mar 1861	45.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Nevers, France
29 Mar 1873	57.0	Selected	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
25 Jul 1873	57.3	Confirmed	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
18 Sep 1873	57.5	Installed	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
12 Sep 1885	69.5	Died	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Théodore-Augustin Forcade
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade M.E.P.
(born 2 Mar 1816, died 12 Sep 1885)
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Versailles, Diocese of Versailles
Ordained Bishop Hong Kong, Prefecture Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
Death Place Aix, Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)

a priest for 46.4 years
a bishop for 38.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. Ref. †
Titular Bishop of Arad
Assisted by:
Father Antonio Feliciani, O.F.M. †
Priest of Order of Friars Minor
Father Auguste Thivet, M.E.P.
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. Ref. † (1840)
Titular Bishop of Arad
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pierre-Marie Osouf, M.E.P. † (1877)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Bishop Alfred-François Fleury-Hottot † (1885)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Vital-Honoré Tirmarche † (1853)
Bishop René-Marie-Charles Poirier, C.I.M. † (1859)
Bishop Charles-Théodore Baudry † (1861)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Lequette † (1866)
Archbishop Pierre-Anastase Pichenot † (1870)
Bishop Théodore Legain † (1871)
Bishop Charles-Marie-Denis-Anselme Nouvel de La Flèche, O.S.B. † (1872)
Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux † (1877)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/166331
VIAF: 249201619
WikiData: Q3526373

Source(s):

b/c2: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 113, and Page 293
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 416
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 332
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1847, Number 6
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 271, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 371, Ascendance
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 31 Dec 2019
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Additions/Corrections (front)

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