 Lefebvre 's return to France was not to last long . On 12 June 1947 , Pope Pius XII appointed him Vicar Apostolic of Dakar in Senegal ; he received the titular episcopal see of <unk> ( El <unk> near Gaza in Palestine ) . On 18 September 1947 he was consecrated a bishop in his family 's parish church in Tourcoing by Achille Liénart ( who had previously ordained him a priest ) ; acting as co @-@ consecrators were Bishop Jean @-@ Baptiste <unk> , <unk> and Bishop Alfred @-@ Jean @-@ Félix Ancel . 
