Archbishop Abel Liluala

Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1964		Born
6 Feb 1994	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pointe-Noire, Congo
6 Jan 2024	59.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
24 Feb 2024	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

MicroData Summary
Abel Liluala
Archbishop Abel Liluala
(born 23 Apr 1964)
Archbishop of Pointe-Noire

Event Place
Birth Place Cabinda, Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola
Ordained Bishop Mvoumvou Municipal, Stadium, Pointe-Noire, Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Javier Herrera Corona
Titular Archbishop of Vulturaria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou
Archbishop of Brazzaville
Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu
Bishop Emeritus of Kinkala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Javier Herrera Corona (2022)
Titular Archbishop of Vulturaria
Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François Halyday Mbouangui (2026)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q124155317

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2024
ob/c2+: CB, 28 Jan 2024
c4: CB, 24 Feb 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 259, Number 21,418

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