Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé, Togo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1938²		Born
11 Apr 1966	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sokodé, Togo
5 Apr 1993	55.2	Appointed	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
7 Aug 1993	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
3 Jan 2016	78.0	Retired	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
15 Mar 2024	86.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé, Togo

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba
(WikiData: Q458896)
Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba (born 1938, died 15 Mar 2024) Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé

Ad Limina - June 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Siou, Prefecture Apostolic of Sokodé
Ordained Priest Siou, Diocese of Sokodé
Ordained Bishop Ste-Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus, Cathedral, Sokodé, Diocese of Sokodé

a priest for 57.9 years
a bishop for 30.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi †
Bishop of Sokodé
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro †
Archbishop of Lomé
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.
Bishop of Viviers
Bishop Léon Hégelé †
Titular Bishop of Utica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro † (1976)
Archbishop of Lomé
Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. † (1960)
Archbishop of Ouagadougou
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Isaac Jogues Agbémenya Kodjo Gaglo (2008)
Bishop Jacques Danka Longa (2008)
Bishop Célestin-Marie Gaoua (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Siou, Prefecture Apostolic of Sokodé
Ordained Priest	Siou, Diocese of Sokodé
Ordained Bishop	Ste-Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus, Cathedral, Sokodé, Diocese of Sokodé

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 135, Number 12,124
r: Bollettino, 3 Jan 2016
d: CB, 15 Mar 2024

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