Bishop Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1931		Born
28 Oct 1956	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
15 Oct 1999	68.3	Appointed	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
13 Feb 2000	68.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
26 Feb 2010	78.6	Retired	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
4 Jun 2022	90.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar

MicroData Summary for Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier
(WikiData: Q1239996)
Bishop Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier M.S. (born 17 Jun 1931, died 4 Jun 2022) Bishop Emeritus of Morondava

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Blackstone, MA, Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
Ordained Priest San Marcello, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Near, Cathedral, Morondava, Diocese of Morondava
Death Place Enfield, NH, USA

a priest for 65.6 years
a bishop for 22.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Ettore Cunial †
Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. †
Bishop Emeritus of Morondava
Bishop Félix Ramananarivo, M.S. †
Bishop of Antsirabé

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. † (1988)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. † (1971)
Archbishop of Tananarive
Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † (1960)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1915)
Titular Bishop of Chytri
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † (1913)
Titular Bishop of Carrhae
Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † (1888)
Bishop of Raphoe
Archbishop Michael Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D. (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F. (2001)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Blackstone, MA, Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
Ordained Priest	San Marcello, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Near, Cathedral, Morondava, Diocese of Morondava
Death Place	Enfield, NH, USA

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 26 Feb 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Number 13,697
d: CB, 5 Jun 2022
bp: CB, 6 Jun 2022
c0/loc: CB, 20 Sep 2022

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