Archbishop Anton Bal

Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1963		Born
17 Dec 1991	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
5 Jun 2007	43.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
5 Jun 2007	43.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma
10 Sep 2007	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma
12 Jan 2009	45.1	Appointed	Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
26 Jul 2019	55.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
31 Oct 2019	55.9	Installed	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary
Anton Bal
Archbishop Anton Bal
(born 29 Nov 1963)
Archbishop of Madang

Ad Limina - June 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Yuri
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Kundiawa, Diocese of Kundiawa

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Madang.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Kundiawa
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D.
Bishop of Kundiawa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla
Titular Archbishop of Nebbio
Bishop Francesco Sarego, S.V.D.
Bishop of Goroka

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D. (2000)
Bishop of Kundiawa
Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. † (1982)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang
Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. † (1978)
Bishop of Goroka
Bishop John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. † (1967)
Bishop of Goroka
Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland † (1940)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh † (1918)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
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 Paul Sundu (2021)
Bishop Siby Mathew Peedikayil, H.G.N. (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q588132

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 5 Jun 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Number 15,507
ab: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2009
ab: Bollettino, 26 Jul 2019
i: AM, 24 Sep 2019

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