Bishop Matthias A. Chimole †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1916		Born
21 Sep 1947	31.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Zomba, Malawi
21 Sep 1970	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
13 Dec 1970	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
20 Dec 1979	63.9	Appointed	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
11 Nov 1994	78.8	Retired	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
18 Nov 2005	89.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

MicroData Summary
Matthias A. Chimole
Bishop Matthias A. Chimole
(born 1916, died 18 Nov 2005)
Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe

Event Place
Birth Place Nakhwala

a priest for 58.1 years
a bishop for 34.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Chiona †
Archbishop of Blantyre
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †
Bishop of Mzuzu
Bishop Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. †
Bishop of Chikwawa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Chiona † (1965)
Archbishop of Blantyre
Archbishop John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † (1950)
Archbishop of Blantyre
Bishop Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens † (1932)
Bishop of Roermond
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † (1930)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Mocissus
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Allan Chamgwera (1981)
Bishop Gervazio Moses Chisendera † (1984)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori † (1978)
Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye † (1992)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 8538151248012544270002
WikiData: Q1909659

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 819

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