Archbishop James Chiona †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1924		Born	Bandawe
12 Sep 1954	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Blantyre, Malawi
11 Jan 1965	41.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Blantyre, Malawi
11 Jan 1965	41.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bacanaria
28 Mar 1965	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bacanaria
29 Nov 1967	43.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
23 Jan 2001	77.1	Retired	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
18 Aug 2008	84.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi

a priest for 53.9 years
a bishop for 43.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo †
Bishop Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Chiona † (1965)
Archbishop John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † (1950)
Archbishop Jozef Hubert Willem Lemmens † (1932)
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † (1930)
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa † (1920)
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Matthias A. Chimole †
Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †
Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori
Bishop Allan Chamgwera
Bishop Gervazio Moses Chisendera †

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