Bishop Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf [Catholic-Hierarchy]

• ️David M. Cheney
• ️Wed Sep 22 1920

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

Titular Bishop of Vassinassa

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1920		Born
23 Dec 1944	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Nov 1972	52.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
27 Nov 1972	52.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa
14 Jan 1973	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa
27 Jun 1973	52.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

MicroData Summary for Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf
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Bishop Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf (born 22 Sep 1920, died 27 Jun 1973) Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Rezé-lez-Nantes
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Similien, Church, Nantes, Diocese of Nantes

a priest for 28.5 years a bishop for .4 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Michel-Louis Vial † Bishop of Nantes Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Henri Clément Victor Donze † Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes Bishop Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel † Titular Bishop of Neocaesarea in Syria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Michel-Louis Vial † (1961) Bishop of Nantes Pierre-Marie Paul Cardinal Gerlier † (1929) Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne) Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901) Archbishop of Paris 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

Source(s):

• ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,038

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