Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Butare

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1920²		Born	Kaduha
15 Aug 1951	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kabgayi, Rwanda
11 Sep 1961	41.7	Appointed	Bishop of Astrida, Rwanda
6 Jan 1962	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Astrida, Rwanda
2 Jan 1997	77.0	Retired	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
19 Jun 1999	79.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 47.8 years
a bishop for 37.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba †
Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi † (1962)
Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. † (1956)
Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami † (1952)
Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. † (1943)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa
Bishop Augustin Misago †
Jean Damascène Bimenyimana
Bishop Philippe Rukamba

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1962, Number 3
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)

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