Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1904		Born
26 May 1929	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Feb 1952	47.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nyundo, Rwanda
14 Feb 1952	47.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Garriana
1 Jun 1952	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Garriana
10 Nov 1959	54.8	Appointed	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda
17 Dec 1973	68.9	Resigned	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda
3 Jun 1986	81.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda

MicroData Summary
Aloys Bigirumwami
Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami
(born 22 Dec 1904, died 3 Jun 1986)
Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Zaza, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Kabgayi, Vicariate Apostolic of Kabgayi

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 34.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Nakabaale Kiwánuka, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Thibica
Bishop Laurean Rugambwa †
Titular Bishop of Febiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. † (1943)
Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. † (1956)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga † (1959)
Bishop Joseph Sibomana † (1961)
Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † (1961)
Bishop Noël Mala † (1963)
Archbishop Vincent Nsengiyumva † (1974)
Bishop Wenceslas Kalibushi † (1977)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 12337350
WikiData: Q4734693

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 50

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