Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi

Archbishop Emeritus of Douala

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Oct 1930		Born	Kikaikelaki
17 Apr 1966	35.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Dec 1979	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
6 Jan 1980	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
19 Nov 1982	52.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
17 Mar 1984	53.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
28 Jun 1988	57.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	57.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno
31 Aug 1991	60.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
17 Nov 2009	79.1	Retired	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Douala.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Buéa
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo
Titular Archbishop of Thagora
Bishop Ferdinando Maggioni †
Titular Bishop of Subaugusta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(Bl. 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. † (1985)
Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (1993)
Bishop Jan Ozga (1997)
Bishop Dieudonné Bogmis (1999)
Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge (1999)
Archbishop Samuel Kleda (2001)
Bishop George Nkuo (2006)
Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah (2007)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antoine Ntalou (1983)
Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon (2011)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 17 Nov 2009

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