A death in the d’Estouteville line

The d’Estouteville line lost one of its senior French members on 27 September 2017.  Bishop Edmond-Marie Henri Abelé, emeritus of Digne and previously of Monaco, died at Cournanel, a small commune in the Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne.  He was buried in the Co-cathedral of Saint-Jérôme, in Digne. May he rest in eternal peace.

My thanks to m. Alexandre Jore for the information concerning the places of Bishop Abelé’s death and burial.

Bishop Abelé’s death reduces the number of living members of the d’Estouteville line to fifty-four. 

Here is the updated list:

Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S., Archbishop emeritus of Visakhapatnam

Michael Augustine, Archbishop emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B., Archbishop emeritus of Madras and Mylapore

Francis Kallarakal, Archbishop emeritus of Verapoly

Maria Callist Soosa Packiam, Archbishop of Triandrum of the Latins

Antony Ananadarayar, Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.J. de Beth., Archbishop of Rabat

Pierre Antoine Jean Bach, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari and former Vicar

  Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R., Bishop emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand

Joseph Luechai Thatwisai, Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand

Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.Ss.R., Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

Sebastian Thekethecheril, Bishop of Vijayapuram

Selvister Ponnumuthan, Bishop of Punalur

Christudas Rajappan, Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba, Auxiliary of Trivandrum of the Latins

Mathew Cheriannkunnel, P.I.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Kurnool

Innayya Chinna Addagatla, Bishop of Srikakulam

Paul Maipan, Bishop of Khammam

Singaroyan Sebastianappan, Bishop of Salem

Edward Francis, Bishop of Sivagangai

Peter Remigius, Bishop emeritus of Kottar

Jerome Das Varuvel, S.D.B., Bishop of Kuzhithurai

Amalraj Arulappan, Bishop of Ootacamund

Soundaraj Periyanayagam, S.D.B., Bishop of Vellore

Antonysamy Francis, Bishop of Kumbakonam

Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Dharamapuri

Devadoss Ambrose Mariadoss, Bishop of Tanjore

Antony Devotta, Bishop of Tiruchirapalli

Nazarene Soosai, Bishop of Kottar

*Bernard Aubertin, O.Cist., Archbishop of Tours
*Armand Maillard, Archbishop of Bourges
*Guy Thomazeau, Archbishop emeritus of Montpellier
*Laurent Ulrich, Archbishop of Lille
*Pierre Plateau, Archbishop emeritus of Bourges
*Hubert Barbier, Archbishop emeritus of Bourges
*Jean-Christophe Lagleize, Bishop of Metz
*Jean-Marie Le Vert, Bishop emeritus of Quimper
*Gilbert Louis, Bishop emeritus of Châlons
*Michel Pansard, Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes
*Alain Planet, Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne
*Yves Boivineau, Bishop of Annecy
*Bernard Housset, Bishop emeritus of La Rochelle
*François Jacolin, M.D.P., Bishop of Mende
*Gérard Coliche, Titular Bishop of Alet and former Auxiliary of Lille

*Antoine Henry Pierre Marie Hérouard, Titular Bishop of Maillezais and Auxiliary of Lille
*Claude-Joseph Azéma, Titular Bishop of Murcona and Auxiliary of Montpellier
*Jacques David, Bishop emeritus of Evreux
*Jean-Charles Thomas, Bishop emeritus of Versailles
*François-Mathurin Gourvès, Bishop emeritus of Vannes
*Yves Bescond, Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitane and former Auxiliary of Meaux
*Alphonse Georger, Bishop emeritus of Oran

**Raphaël Dabiré Kusiélé, Bishop of Diébougou

**Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C., Bishop of Tarawa

**Paul Zinghtung Grawng, Archbishop emeritus of Mandalay

**Jean Baptiste Kpiéle Somé, Bishop emeritus of Diébougou

The bishops with an * are the original d'Estouteville group plus additions to their number since the combination of other lineages.  The bishops with ** are those who were previously known as the Ravizza line.