Bishop Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana

Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Feb 1870		Born
30 Mar 1894	24.1	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
18 Jul 1896	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
20 Mar 1906	36.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
20 Mar 1906	36.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis
29 Jul 1906	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis
11 Jan 1918	47.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Togo
1921	50.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Togo
13 Mar 1924	54.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana

MicroData Summary for Ignace Hummel
(VIAF: 39048702; WikiData: Q23825847)
Bishop Ignace Hummel S.M.A. (born 14 Feb 1870, died 13 Mar 1924) Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}

Event Place
Birth Place Soufflenheim, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop Fourvière, Basilica, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Death Place Cape-Coast, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}

a priest for 27.6 years
a bishop for 17.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) †
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
Bishop Louis-Jean Déchelette †
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullié (Couillié) † (1876)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal 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 François Steinmetz, S.M.A. † (1906)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Soufflenheim, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop	Fourvière, Basilica, Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Death Place	Cape-Coast, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 42
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 3 Sep 2023

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