Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo †

Deceased

Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

Titular Bishop of Cubda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1912²		Born
9 Jun 1946	34.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Jul 1965	53.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo
6 Jul 1965	53.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cubda
10 Oct 1965	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cubda
2 Mar 1968	56.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo
27 Feb 1970	58.1	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo
17 Apr 1981	69.2	Died	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Georges Benoit Gassongo
(VIAF: 43206984; WikiData: Q2896526)
Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo (born 1912, died 17 Apr 1981) Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Fort-Rousset

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Boundji, Diocese of Fort-Rousset
Ordained Bishop Collège de la Propagande, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Brazzaville, Archdiocese of Brazzaville

a priest for 34.8 years
a bishop for 15.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †
Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
Bishop Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Fort-Rousset

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian † (1935)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Bishop Serge Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Cucusus
Patriarch Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Andon Bedros Hassoun † (1842)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Boundji, Diocese of Fort-Rousset
Ordained Bishop	Collège de la Propagande, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Brazzaville, Archdiocese of Brazzaville

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 78

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