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Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †

Deceased

Archbishop of Cape Coast

Events

a priest for 41.8 years a bishop for 34.3 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † Archbishop of Cape Coast Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Bishop of Kumasi Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. † Bishop of Accra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933) Archbishop of Cape Coast Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928) Archbishop of Liverpool, England Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896) Archbishop of Westminster, England Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872) Archbishop of Westminster, England Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865) Archbishop of Westminster, England Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846) Bishop of Birmingham, England Bishop John Briggs † (1833) Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago) Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824) Titular Bishop of Europus Bishop William Poynter † (1803) Titular Bishop of Alia Bishop John Douglass † (1790) Titular Bishop of Centuria Bishop William Gibson † (1790) Titular Bishop of Achantus Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756) Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama) Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732) Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670) Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Archbishop of Ravenna Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Ordained Priest: Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson (1975) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah † (1962) Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (1970) Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh † (1971) Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu † (1973) Bishop James Kwadwo Owusu † (1973) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Leobard D’Souza † (1964) Bishop Lawrence Patrick Moran † (1964) Bishop Bernard Oguki-Atakpah † (1964) Bishop Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. † (1964) Bishop Marcel Evariste Van Rengen, C.J. † (1964) Bishop Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. † (1964) Archbishop Joseph Henry Ganda (1971) Bishop Patrick Kla Juwle † (1972)