Bishop Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †

Deceased

Bishop of Meru, Kenya

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Aug 1904		Born
15 Aug 1926	22.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries
3 Mar 1954	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
27 May 1954	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
7 Apr 1976	71.6	Died	Bishop of Meru, Kenya

MicroData Summary
Lorenzo Bessone
Bishop Lorenzo Bessone I.M.C.
(born 3 Aug 1904, died 7 Apr 1976)
Bishop of Meru

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
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 Vigone, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Torino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}, Italy

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 21.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francesco Bottino †
Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina
Bishop Michele Alberto Arduino, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Shaoguan [Shiuchow, Shao-Chou]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † (1924)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Giuseppe Gamba † (1902)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Bishop Giacinto Arcangeli † (1898)
Bishop of Asti
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Silas Silvius Njiru † (1976)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64735465

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 33

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