Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki, S.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Apr 1933		Born
21 Jul 1959	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
10 Jun 1994	61.1	Appointed	Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
23 Jun 1994	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
18 Apr 2008	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
24 Dec 2013	80.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)

MicroData Summary
Soane Lilo Foliaki
Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki S.M.
(born 18 Apr 1933, died 24 Dec 2013)
Bishop Emeritus of Tonga

Ad Limina - September 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ma'ufanga
Ordained Priest Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Ma'ufanga, Diocese of Tonga

a priest for 54.4 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †
Titular Bishop of Sbida
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Anthony White †
Titular Archbishop of Sebana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Petero Mataca †
Archbishop of Suva, Fiji
Bishop Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †
Titular Bishop of Decoriana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Anthony White † (1978)
Titular Archbishop of Sebana
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
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:
Soane Patita Paini Cardinal Mafi (2007)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stuart France O’Connell, S.M. † (1997)
Bishop Michel Visi † (1997)
Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga † (2003)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2296293

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Number 12,347
d: CB, 27 Dec 2013
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 12 Jun 2022

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