Bishop John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 May 1912		Born
1926²	13.6	Entered	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
22 Sep 1934	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
21 Mar 1961	48.8	Appointed	Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
21 May 1961	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
18 Dec 1989	77.5	Retired	Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
6 Aug 1999	87.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
John Baptist Gobbato
Bishop John Baptist Gobbato P.I.M.E.
(born 16 May 1912, died 6 Aug 1999)
Bishop Emeritus of Taunggyi

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 Sernaglia della Battaglia, Diocese of Ceneda, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Taunggyi, Diocese of Taunggyi
Buried Place (Original) Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Taunggyi, Diocese of Taunggyi

a priest for 64.8 years
a bishop for 38.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope John XXIII
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Fulton John Sheen †
Titular Bishop of Caesariana
Bishop Edoardo Mason, F.S.C.J. †
Titular Bishop of Rusicade

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Stephen Tjephe † (1984)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Matthias U Shwe † (1980)
Bishop Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint) (1989)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sernaglia della Battaglia, Diocese of Ceneda, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Taunggyi, Diocese of Taunggyi
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Taunggyi, Diocese of Taunggyi

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q63125679

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 60
ente/loc: CB, 31 May 2026

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