Archbishop Roger Houngbédji, O.P.

Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1963		Born
1989²	25.6	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
8 Aug 1992	29.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
25 Jun 2016	53.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
24 Sep 2016	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Roger Houngbédji
Archbishop Roger Houngbédji O.P.
(born 14 May 1963)
Archbishop of Cotonou

Event Place
Birth Place Chada-Co-Anagodo
Ordained Bishop esplanade du Palais des Congrès, Cotonou, Archdiocese of Cotonou

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Cotonou.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Théodore-Adrien Cardinal Sarr
Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe
Titular Archbishop of Suelli
Archbishop Antoine Ganyé
Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Théodore-Adrien Cardinal Sarr (1974)
Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar
Archbishop Hyacinthe Thiandoum † (1962)
Archbishop of Dakar
Archbishop Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (1958)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Pierre-Marie Paul Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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:
Archbishop Éric G. Soviguidi (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 102719327
WikiData: Q24802986

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 25 Jun 2016
ob: CB, 30 Jul 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 229, Number 19,105

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