Antonin Drapier

Ordination history of Antonin Drapier
History Episcopal consecration Consecrated by François David Date 22 December 1929
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Antonin Drapier as principal consecrator Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier 24 February 1938 Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục 4 May 1938 Felix Hedde 30 November 1939 Jean Marie Phan Đình Phùng 3 December 1940 Jean Cassaigne 24 June 1941 Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion 22 April 1942 Santos Ubierna 21 September 1942 Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet 18 January 1944 Jean-Baptiste Urrutia 27 May 1948 Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt 30 June 1952

Antonin-Fernand Drapier (28 April 1891 – 30 July 1967) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

He was born on 28 April 1891 in Creuë-en-Woëvre, France. He was ordained priest of the Dominican Order on 24 April 1924.

He was named titular archbishop of Neocesarea di Ponto and Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia on 7 October 1929.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 22 December 1929 from François David, Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiya.

He was appointed Apostolic Delegate to Indochina on 28 November 1936.[2]

He retired in 1950 and died on 30 July 1967.[3]

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXI. 1929. pp. 618, 630. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXIX. 1937. p. 39. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIX. 1967. p. 832. Retrieved 11 October 2020.