Antonin Drapier
French Catholic archbishop
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. He received his episcopal consecration on 22 December 1929 from François David, Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiya. was one of very few Roman Catholic bishop who couldn't trace their episcopal lineage to cardinal Scipione Rebiba or other Roman Catholic episcopal lineages but to an Eastern one.
He was appointed Apostolic Delegate to Indochina on 28 November 1936.
He retired in 1950 and died on 30 July 1967.
Being consecrated by a Chaldean bishop, he was one of very few Roman Catholic bishop who couldn't trace their episcopal lineage to cardinal Scipione Rebiba or other Roman Catholic episcopal lineages but to an Eastern one. During his service in Indochina he consecrated a few local bishops and as of 2025 there are 9 Roman Catholic bishops in the Chaldean episcopal lineage (mostly in Vietnam).
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