Bishop Cesare Asili †

Deceased

Bishop of Lira, Uganda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1924		Born
5 Jun 1955	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Jul 1968	43.8	Appointed	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
27 Oct 1968	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
12 Oct 1988	64.0	Died	Bishop of Lira, Uganda

MicroData Summary
Cesare Asili
Bishop Cesare Asili
(born 20 Sep 1924, died 12 Oct 1988)
Bishop of Lira

Event Place
Birth Place Moyo

a priest for 33.3 years
a bishop for 19.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Bishop of Bukoba
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga †
Archbishop of Kampala
Archbishop Amelio Poggi †
Titular Archbishop of Cercina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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:
Bishop Frederick Drandua † (1986)
Bishop Martin Luluga † (1987)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q55979061

Source(s):

ob/c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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