Bishop Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jun 1940		Born
16 Sep 1962	22.2	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
17 Sep 1963	23.2	First Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
22 Oct 1967	27.3	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
9 Mar 1969	28.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
8 Jul 1976	36.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
3 Oct 1976	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
25 Oct 1997	57.3	Resigned	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
30 Apr 2025	84.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
Ferdinand Botsy
Bishop Ferdinand Botsy O.F.M. Cap.
(born 13 Jun 1940, died 30 Apr 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja

Event Place
Birth Place Hell Ville, Nosy-Bé
Ordained Priest Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Cathedral, Ambanja, Diocese of Ambanja
Death Place Genova, Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

a priest for 56.1 years
a bishop for 48.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. †
Archbishop of Tananarive
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana †
Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez
Bishop Jérôme Razafindrazaka †
Bishop of Tamatave

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. † (1971)
Archbishop of Tananarive
Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † (1960)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1915)
Titular Bishop of Chytri
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † (1913)
Titular Bishop of Carrhae
Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † (1888)
Bishop of Raphoe
Archbishop Michael Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Armand Toasy (1984)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1405139

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 136
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 39, Number 2,433
d/qfmc/loc: CB, 2 May 2025

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