Bishop John Bosco Auram

Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1972		Born
17 Jan 2004	31.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
18 Oct 2019	46.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
25 Jan 2020	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary
John Bosco Auram
Bishop John Bosco Auram
(born 19 Oct 1972)
Bishop of Kimbe

Event Place
Birth Place Kandoka, Provincia di West New Britain, Archdiocese of Rabaul
Ordained Bishop Bernard Vogae Memorial Park, Kimbe, Diocese of Kimbe

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kimbe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Rabaul
Principal Co-Consecrators:
John Cardinal Ribat, M.S.C.
Archbishop of Port Moresby
Bishop William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B. (2001)
Archbishop of Rabaul
Bishop Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C. † (1970)
Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia
Archbishop Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. † (1960)
Archbishop of Port Moresby
Archbishop James Duhig † (1905)
Archbishop of Brisbane
Archbishop Michael Kelly † (1901)
Titular Archbishop of Achrida
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Roland Vunuvung (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q71399303

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Oct 2019
ob: CB, 29 Dec 2019
c2+: CB, 25 Jan 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 243, Number 20,340

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