Antonin Drapier

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Archbishop Antonin-Fernand Drapier was born April 28, 1891 in Creuë-en-Woëvre, France and died on July 30, 1967. He was a Dominican order archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to Indochina. He was ordained priest on April 24, 1924 and consecrated bishop on December 22, 1929.

He served as Apostolic Delegate to Iraq from November 23, 1929 to November 19, 1936 when was appointed Apostolic Delegate to Indochina. He retired in 1950.


Episcopal Lineage
Consecrated by: Willem Cardinal van Rossum
Date of consecration: December 22, 1929
Consecrator of
Bishop Date of consecration
Ngô Ðình Thuc Pierre Martin May 4, 1938
Felix Hedde November 30, 1939
Jean Cassaigne June 24, 1941
Santos Ubierna September 21, 1942
Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet January 19, 1944