Joseph-Charles Cardinal Lefèbvre †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1892		Born
17 Dec 1921	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Poitiers, France
27 Jul 1938	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Troyes, France
11 Oct 1938	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Troyes, France
17 Jun 1943	51.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Bourges, France
28 Mar 1960	67.9	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Mar 1960	67.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
10 Oct 1969	77.4	Retired	Archbishop of Bourges, France
2 Apr 1973	80.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

MicroData Summary
Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre
Joseph-Charles Cardinal Lefèbvre
(born 15 Apr 1892, died 2 Apr 1973)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges

Consistory - 1960: Created Cardinal
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Tourcoing, Archdiocese of Cambrai
Ordained Bishop Saint-Pierre, Cathedral, Poitiers, Diocese of Poitiers
Death Place Bourges, Archdiocese of Bourges

a priest for 51.2 years
a bishop for 34.4 years
a cardinal for 13.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Édouard Gabriel Mesguen †
Bishop of Poitiers
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz †
Bishop of Metz
Bishop Louis Liagre †
Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Édouard Gabriel Mesguen † (1934)
Bishop of Poitiers
Bishop Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc † (1908)
Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon)
Bishop Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Marie Gouraud † (1906)
Bishop of Vannes
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph-Marie-Henri Hanrion, O.F.M. † (1942)
Ordained Priest:
Jean Marie Julien Cardinal Balland † (1961)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la Chanonie † (1953)
Archbishop Eugène Klein, M.S.C. † (1960)
Bishop Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg † (1962)
Bishop Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C. † (1965)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun † (1940)
Bishop Louis-Sylvain Robin † (1946)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 164779082
WikiData: Q508518

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 77

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