Archbishop Nestor Assogba †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1929		Born
21 Dec 1957	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Apr 1976	47.1	Appointed	Bishop of Parakou, Benin
25 Jul 1976	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Parakou, Benin
16 Oct 1997	68.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Parakou, Benin
29 Oct 1999	70.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
5 Mar 2005	76.0	Retired	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
22 Aug 2017	88.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

MicroData Summary
Nestor Assogba
Archbishop Nestor Assogba
(born 21 Feb 1929, died 22 Aug 2017)
Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou

Event Place
Birth Place Abomey
Death Place Bohicon, Diocese of Abomey

a priest for 59.6 years
a bishop for 41.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernardin Gantin †
Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka †
Bishop of Abomey
Bishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé †
Bishop of Orléans

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernardin Gantin † (1957)
Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Clet Feliho (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton † (1995)
Archbishop Pascal N’Koué (1997)
Archbishop Fidèle Agbatchi (2000)
Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni (2000)
Bishop Clet Feliho (2000)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 253738136
WikiData: Q1978463

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 22 Aug 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)

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