Bishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou †

Deceased

Bishop of Sangmélima

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1927		Born	Edéa
15 Apr 1956	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Douala, Cameroon
18 Jan 1963	35.2	Appointed	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
2 Jun 1963	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
16 May 1983	55.5	Died	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon

MicroData Summary for Pierre-Célestin Nkou:
Bishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou (born 8 Nov 1927, died 16 May 1983) Bishop of Sangmélima

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

a priest for 27.1 years
a bishop for 20.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Archbishop of Yaoundé
Bishop Thomas Mongo †
Bishop of Douala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Bishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Bishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrique Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Simon Tonyé † (1970)
Archbishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov † (1970)
Bishop Pius Suh Awa † (1971)
Bishop Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. † (1973)
Bishop Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. † (1973)

Source(s):

c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1963

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