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

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:
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Bishop Thomas Mongo †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou † (1963)
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli † (1951)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Simon Tonyé †
Archbishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †
Bishop Pius Suh Awa
Bishop Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †
Bishop Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †

Source(s):

c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1963

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