Jacques-Benjamin Longer
Jacques-Benjamin Longer | |
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| See | Apostolic Vicariate of Tonking |
| In office | 17 August 1789 – 8 February 1831 |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Gortyna (1787–1831) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1752 Le Havre, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 8 February 1831 (aged 78) |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
Jacques-Benjamin Longer (31 May 1752 – 8 February 1831) was a French Catholic bishop who became the Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (corresponding today to the Archdiocese of Hanoi).
Life[]
Jacques-Benjamin Longer was born on 31 May 1752 in Le Havre, in the Kingdom of France. He became a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, and was ordained a priest on 23 September 1775. He then went to Tonking as a missionary, where he was made the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking on 3 April 1787. At the same time, he was appointed the Titular Bishop of Gortyna, succeeding . Longer then became the Vicar Apostolic on 17 August 1789, upon the death of . He was finally ordained a bishop on 30 September 1792 by , the Bishop of Macau. Longer died on 8 February 1831. He was succeeded by Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard as Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking and by Leonard Neale as Titular Bishop of Gortyna.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Jacques-Benjamin Longer". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
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