Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr.

Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Nov 1945		Born
2 Jun 1973	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
10 Jul 1995	49.6	Appointed	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
1 Nov 1995	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania

MicroData Summary for Martin Albert Happe
Bishop Martin Albert Happe M. Afr. (born 15 Nov 1945) Bishop of Nouakchott

Ad Limina - November 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sendenhorst, Germany

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Nouakchott.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Marie Jean Victor (de Boissonneaux) de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott
Bishop Jean Zerbo
Bishop of Mopti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Reinhard Lettmann † (1973)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop of Münster
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Jean-Baptiste Tiama (1999)
Bishop Georges Fonghoro † (2000)
Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (2007)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,629

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