Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches

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Most Reverend Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches
Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan

Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Szechwan
In office	1856–1883
Predecessor	None
Successor	Eugène-Paul Coupat
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Sinitis (1840–1883)
Orders
Ordination	23 Dec 1837
Consecration	28 Apr 1844 by Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau
Personal details
Born	13 Feb 1814 Jonage, France
Died	8 Nov 1887 (age 73) Montbeton, France
Motto	Ite docete
Coat of arms

Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. (Chinese name: 范若瑟; 1814–1887) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade (1883–1887), Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan (1856–1883), and Titular Bishop of Sinitis (1840–1883).

Biography

Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches was born in Jonage, France on 13 Feb 1814 and ordained a priest in the Paris Foreign Missions Society on 23 Dec 1837. On 18 Dec 1840, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XVI as Titular Bishop of Sinitis. On 28 Apr 1844, he was consecrated bishop by Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates. On 2 Apr 1856, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IX as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan. He served as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan until his resignation on 11 Feb 1883. On 20 Feb 1883, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Leo XIII as Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade. He died on 8 Nov 1887.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

Etienne-Raymond Albrand, Titular Bishop of Sura and Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (1849);
Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, Titular Bishop of Sinopoli and Vicar Apostolic of Thibet (1857);
Louis-Simon Faurie, Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (1860);
Pierre-Maria-Joseph-Julien Pichon, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia and Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan (1861);
François-Eugène Lions, Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (1872);

and assisted in the consecration of:

Joseph Ponsot, Titular Bishop of Philomelium and Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan (1843).

References

^ Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi sive summorum pontificum, S. R. E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series... A pontificatu Pii PP. VII (1800) usque ad pontificatum Gregorii PP. XVI (1846) (in Latin). Vol. VII. Monasterii: Libr. Regensburgiana. p. 347.
^ Ritzler, Remigius; Pirminus Sefrin (1978). Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi... A Pontificatu PII PP. IX (1846) usque ad Pontificatum Leonis PP. XIII (1903) (in Latin). Vol. VIII. Il Messaggero di S. Antonio. p. 209.
^ Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Chongqing [Chungking]". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chongqing 重慶". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byGiacomo Luigi Fontana	Titular Bishop of Sinitis 1840–1883	Succeeded byBernardo Gaetani d'Aragona
Preceded byNone	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan 1856–1883	Succeeded byEugène-Paul Coupat
Preceded byCarlo Gigli	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade 1883–1887	Succeeded byJoseph-Adolphe Gandy

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Missionaries	Luigi Antonio Appiani Eusebio Arnáiz Álvarez Jean Basset Lodovico Buglio Juan Campos Rodríguez Célestin Chouvellon [fr] Armand David Joseph Desflèches Jules Dubernard [fr] Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse Marie-Julien Dunand Jean-Louis Florens [no] Jean de Guébriant [fr] Joannes-Baptista Kou Jean-François Martin de La Baluère André Ly Gabriel de Magalhães Joachim-Enjobert de Martiliat Jean-Théodore Monbeig Claude Motel Jean-Martin Moye Johannes Müllener [ru] Pascual Nadal Oltra [es] Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau Pierre-Julien Pichon [fr] Henri Pinault François Pottier [fr] Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse Adolphe Roulland Jean-Didier de Saint-Martin Jean-André Soulié Léon Thomine Desmazures [fr] Eleutherius Winance (more missionaries)
Native Catholics	John Chen Xianheng [pl] Matthew Chen Zhemin [zh] John Dong Shizhi [zh] Lawrence Hu Shï-lu Paul Liu Hanzuo Thaddeus Liu Benoît Sen Paule Song [zh] Lucy Yi Zhenmei Joseph Yuan Joseph Zhang Wenlan [pl] (more native Catholics)
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