Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo †

Deceased

Bishop of Dedza, Malawi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1909		Born
5 Sep 1937	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Nov 1956	46.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Dedza, Malawi
9 Nov 1956	46.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bonitza
11 May 1957	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bonitza
25 Apr 1959	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
28 Feb 1984	74.1	Died	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi

MicroData Summary
Cornelius Chitsulo
Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo
(born 19 Dec 1909, died 28 Feb 1984)
Bishop of Dedza

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

Event Place
Birth Place Mua, Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa
Ordained Bishop Lilongwe, Vicariate Apostolic of Likuni

a priest for 46.4 years
a bishop for 26.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Abaradira
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Attanasus
Bishop John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Giufi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr. † (1951)
Titular Bishop of Abaradira
Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † (1945)
Bishop of Strasbourg
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier † (1906)
Bishop of Laval
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Guido Cardinal Del Mestri † (1961)
Archbishop Felice Pirozzi † (1961)
Archbishop James Chiona † (1965)
Bishop Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. † (1972)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13422238

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,470
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 51

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 29 Aug 2026

✠