Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak †

Deceased

Bishop of Wau, South Sudan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1940		Born
20 Nov 1970	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rumbek, South Sudan
12 Apr 1992	51.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Wau, South Sudan
2 Nov 1995	55.0	Appointed	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
11 Feb 1996	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
6 Mar 2017	76.3	Died	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan

MicroData Summary
Rudolf Deng Majak
Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak
(born 1 Nov 1940, died 6 Mar 2017)
Bishop of Wau

Ad Limina - March 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Akwac
Ordained Bishop Wau, Diocese of Wau
Death Place Berlin, Archdiocese of Berlin, Germany

a priest for 46.2 years
a bishop for 21.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud †
Titular Bishop of Barcusus
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender †
Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. †
Archbishop of Juba
Bishop Joseph Bilal Nyekindi †
Bishop Emeritus of Wau

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender † (1990)
Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I. (2004)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Santo Loku Pio Doggale (2011)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1562888

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 145, Number 12,707
d/c1: CB, 7 Mar 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)

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