Bishop St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. Obs. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China

Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Dec 1833		Born
14 Dec 1849	16.0	Professed	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor
17 Aug 1856	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor
25 Jan 1876	42.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
25 Jan 1876	42.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia
19 Nov 1876	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia
17 Jun 1891	57.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
9 Jul 1900	66.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
24 Nov 1946		Beatified
1 Oct 2000		Canonized

MicroData Summary for St. Grégoire Grassi
(VIAF: 169136734; WikiData: Q2664060)
Bishop St. Grégoire Grassi O.F.M. Obs. (born 13 Dec 1833, died 9 Jul 1900) Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}

Event Place
Birth Place Castellazzo-Bormida, Diocese of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
Ordained Bishop Taiyuanfu
Death Place Taiyuanfu

a priest for 43.8 years
a bishop for 23.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François-Ferdinand Tagliabue, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François-Ferdinand Tagliabue, C.M. † (1870)
Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia
Bishop Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. † (1852)
Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade
Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. † (1845)
Titular Bishop of Zoara
Bishop Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. † (1845)
Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Pisidia
Bishop François-Alexis Rameaux, C.M. † (1840)
Titular Bishop of Myrina
Bishop Roque José Carpegna Díaz, O.P. † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Theveste
Bishop Marcelino José Da Silva † (1790)
Bishop Emeritus of Macau
Archbishop Carlo Bellisomi † (1775)
Titular Archbishop of Tyana
Pope Pius VI (1775)
(Giovanni Angelico Braschi †)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Beniamino Geremia, O.F.M. Obs. † (1885)
Bishop Martin Poell, O.F.M. Ref. † (1890)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Castellazzo-Bormida, Diocese of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
Ordained Bishop	Taiyuanfu
Death Place	Taiyuanfu

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 428
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1876, Number 73
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 1 Jan 2020

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