Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Monrovia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Feb 1936		Born	Kakata
4 Aug 1963	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Monrovia, Liberia
28 Oct 1976	40.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia
28 Oct 1976	40.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura
19 Dec 1976	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura
19 Dec 1981	45.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia
12 Feb 2011	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia
19 May 2013	77.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 36.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Carroll, S.M.A. †
Titular Archbishop of Gabula
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Henry Ganda
Bishop of Kenema
Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh
Titular Bishop of Talaptula

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Carroll, S.M.A. † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Gabula
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Lewis Zeigler (2002)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. (1984)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 12 Feb 2011
d: CB, 19 May 2013

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