Archbishop James Chiona †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1924		Born
12 Sep 1954	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Blantyre, Malawi
11 Jan 1965	41.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Blantyre, Malawi
11 Jan 1965	41.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bacanaria
28 Mar 1965	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bacanaria
29 Nov 1967	43.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
23 Jan 2001	77.0	Retired	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
18 Aug 2008	84.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi

MicroData Summary for James Chiona
(WikiData: Q1680160)
Archbishop James Chiona (born 1924, died 18 Aug 2008) Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Bandawe, Vicariate Apostolic of Shiré
Ordained Bishop Regina Cordium, Cathedral, Limbe

a priest for 53.9 years
a bishop for 43.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †
Archbishop of Blantyre
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo †
Bishop of Dedza
Bishop Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †
Bishop of Zomba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Alfred Mateyu Chaima (1998)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Matthias A. Chimole † (1970)
Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye † (1992)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † (1973)
Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori † (1978)
Bishop Allan Chamgwera (1981)
Bishop Gervazio Moses Chisendera † (1984)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 22

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