Bishop Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †

Deceased

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

Titular Bishop of Vassinassa

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

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

Source(s):

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

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