Archbishop Antoine Ganyé

Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1938		Born
4 Jan 1969	30.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cotonou, Benin
10 Jun 1995	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin
20 Aug 1995	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin
21 Aug 2010	72.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
31 Oct 2010	72.3	Installed	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
25 Jun 2016	77.9	Retired	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

MicroData Summary for Antoine Ganyé
(VIAF: 11633077; WikiData: Q586216)
Archbishop Antoine Ganyé (born 28 Jun 1938) Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou

Ad Limina - September 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sedjé

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Cotonou.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Bernardin Gantin †
Archbishop of Cotonou
Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Isidore de Souza †
Archbishop of Cotonou
Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka †
Bishop of Abomey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernardin Cardinal Gantin † (1957)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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:
Bishop François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A. (2015)
Bishop Aristide Gonsallo (2015)
Archbishop Roger Houngbédji, O.P. (2016)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 21 Aug 2010
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144, Number 12,669
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 145
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 25 Jun 2016

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