Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba †

Deceased

Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1912²		Born
15 Aug 1940	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Mar 1960	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 May 1960	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Sep 1974	62.6	Died	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Mikararanga Busimba
Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba
(born 1912, died 7 Sep 1974)
Bishop of Goma

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 Rutshuru, Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}
Ordained Priest Rugari
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 34.0 years
a bishop for 14.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope John XXIII
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †
Titular Bishop of Hilta
Bishop Fulton John Sheen †
Titular Bishop of Caesariana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru † (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi † (1962)
Bishop Danilo Catarzi, S.X. † (1962)
Bishop Thomas Kuba Thowa † (1962)
Bishop Noël Mala † (1963)
Bishop Gabriel Ukec † (1965)
Archbishop Emmanuel Kataliko † (1966)
Bishop Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe † (1967)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 2246151002103130280001
WikiData: Q16167625

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 45

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