Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente †

Deceased

Bishop of Le Mans, France

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1872		Born
29 Jun 1894	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Coutances (-Avranches), France
29 Jun 1895	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Coutances (-Avranches), France
30 Jan 1918	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Le Mans, France
17 Apr 1918	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Le Mans, France
16 Mar 1943	70.8	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Le Mans, France
12 Jan 1953	80.6	Elevated to Cardinal
15 Jan 1953	80.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
4 May 1959	86.9	Died	Bishop of Le Mans, France

MicroData Summary
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Cardinal Grente
(born 5 May 1872, died 4 May 1959)
Bishop of Le Mans

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Percy, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Ordained Deacon Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Coutances, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Ordained Priest Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Coutances, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame du Vœu, Church, Cherbourg, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Death Place Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans
Buried Place (Original) Saint-Julien, Cathedral, Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans

a priest for 63.8 years
a bishop for 41.0 years
a cardinal for 6.3 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain †
Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain †
Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)
Principal Consecrator:
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois †
Archbishop of Rouen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Claude Bardel †
Bishop of Sées {Séez}
Bishop Joseph Guérard †
Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin † (1939)
Archbishop Marcel-Marie-Joseph-Henri-Paul Dubois † (1948)
Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier † (1951)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Théophile-Marie Louvard † (1919)
Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Bishop Constantin-Marie-Joseph Chauvin † (1920)
Bishop Etienne-Joseph Hurault † (1924)
Bishop Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau † (1925)
Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet † (1926)
Archbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin † (1930)
Archbishop René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. † (1932)
Bishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel † (1947)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Percy, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Ordained Deacon	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Coutances, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Ordained Priest	Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Coutances, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame du Vœu, Church, Cherbourg, Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches)
Death Place	Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans
Buried Place (Original)	Saint-Julien, Cathedral, Le Mans, Diocese of Le Mans

External Link(s):

VIAF: 9882792
WikiData: Q1508946

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1918, Number 20
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 268, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 674, Ascendance
od/c01/loc: AJ, 13 Jan 2022

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