Bishop Eugène Abissa Kwaku †

Deceased

Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1927²		Born
20 Dec 1956	29.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Sep 1963	36.6	Appointed	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
24 Nov 1963	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
10 Aug 1978	51.6	Died	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Eugène Abissa Kwaku
Bishop Eugène Abissa Kwaku
(born 1927, died 10 Aug 1978)
Bishop of Abengourou

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

Event Place
Birth Place Koun-Abronso, Diocese of Katiola
Ordained Bishop Collège Propaganda Fide, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 21.6 years
a bishop for 14.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bernard Yago †
Archbishop of Abidjan
Bishop Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. †
Bishop of Katiola

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian † (1935)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Bishop Serge Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Cucusus
Patriarch Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Andon Bedros Hassoun † (1842)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Noël Kokora-Tekry † (1971)
Bishop Zéphyrin Toé † (1973)
Bishop Pierre-Marie Coty † (1976)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13420302

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 117

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