Bishop Adolphe Rayssac, M.E.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Swatow [Shantou], China

Titular Bishop of Cotyaeum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1866		Born
31 Aug 1887	20.8	Professed	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères
7 Jul 1889	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères
21 Sep 1889	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
17 Jul 1914	47.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kiaotsu, China
17 Jul 1914	47.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cotyaeum
11 Mar 1915	48.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Canton [Guangzhou], China
1 May 1915	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cotyaeum
12 Feb 1917	50.2	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Canton [Guangzhou], China
9 Dec 1935	69.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Swatow [Shantou], China
17 Jun 1941	74.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Swatow [Shantou], China

MicroData Summary for Adolphe Rayssac
(WikiData: Q29913461)
Bishop Adolphe Rayssac M.E.P. (born 4 Nov 1866, died 17 Jun 1941) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Swatow [Shantou]

Event Place
Birth Place Lunan, Diocese of Cahors, France
Ordained Deacon Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Hong Kong, Vicariate Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Death Place Foreign Missions of Paris, Sanatorium, Montbeton, Diocese of Montauban, France
Buried Place (Original) Foreign Missions of Paris, Cemetery, Montbeton, Diocese of Montauban, France

a priest for 51.7 years
a bishop for 26.1 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Léon Jules Marie Bélouino †
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Abdera
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Domenico Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. †
Titular Bishop of Tavium
Assisted by:
Father François Félix Roudière, M.E.P.
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
Father Camille Robert, M.E.P.
Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Domenico Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. † (1905)
Titular Bishop of Tavium
Bishop Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. † (1903)
Titular Bishop of Tanis
Bishop Stanislas-François Jarlin, C.M. † (1900)
Titular Bishop of Pharbaethus
Bishop Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier, C.M. † (1898)
Titular Bishop of Pentacomia
Bishop Jules Bruguière (Brughiero), C.M. † (1891)
Titular Bishop of Cinna
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. † (1885)
Titular Bishop of Myriophytos
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 Charles Vogel, M.E.P. † (1935)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. † (1921)
Bishop Auguste Gauthier, M.E.P. † (1922)
Archbishop Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. † (1923)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lunan, Diocese of Cahors, France
Ordained Deacon	Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest	Foreign Missions, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	Hong Kong, Vicariate Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Death Place	Foreign Missions of Paris, Sanatorium, Montbeton, Diocese of Montauban, France
Buried Place (Original)	Foreign Missions of Paris, Cemetery, Montbeton, Diocese of Montauban, France

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
c2: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1915, Number 24
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 20 Jan 2020
od/c01/loc: AJ, 28 Jul 2022

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