Bishop Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap.

Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jul 1965		Born
1990²	24.4	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
15 Aug 1998	33.1	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
1 Sep 1999	34.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
9 Apr 2022	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania
26 Jun 2022	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Wolfgang Pisa
Bishop Wolfgang Pisa O.F.M. Cap.
(born 6 Jul 1965)
Bishop of Lindi

Event Place
Birth Place Karatu, Diocese of Mbulu
Ordained Bishop Ilulu, Stadium, Lindi, Diocese of Lindi

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lindi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Dodoma
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Damian Denis Dallu
Archbishop of Songea
Bishop Bruno Pius Ngonyani
Bishop Emeritus of Lindi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (2006)
Archbishop of Dodoma
Polycarp Cardinal Pengo † (1984)
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q111539372

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Apr 2022
ob: CB, 22 Jun 2022
c2+: CB, 22 Jun 2022
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Number 20,945

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