Bishop Arnold Orowae †

Deceased

Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jun 1955		Born
14 Dec 1983	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
14 Dec 1999	44.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
14 Dec 1999	44.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gisipa
4 Mar 2000	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gisipa
19 Oct 2004	49.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
30 Jun 2008	53.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
27 Dec 2024	69.5	Died	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary
Arnold Orowae
Bishop Arnold Orowae
(born 15 Jun 1955, died 27 Dec 2024)
Bishop of Wabag

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Aiopa
Ordained Bishop Showground, Wabag, Diocese of Wabag
Death Place Wabag General, Hospital, Wabag, Diocese of Wabag

a priest for 41.0 years
a bishop for 24.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Wabag
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D. †
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Bishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop of Mendi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D. † (1982)
Bishop of Wabag
Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. † (1960)
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Bishop John Joseph Wright † (1947)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Justin Ain Soongie (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D. (2000)
Archbishop Clement Papa (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q695872

Source(s):

s: Bollettino, 30 Jun 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Number 13,707
d: CB, 27 Dec 2024

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