Bishop Bernard Mabula †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Singida, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1920		Born
15 Aug 1952	32.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Jan 1969	49.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tabora, Tanzania
9 Jan 1969	49.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma
4 May 1969	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma
25 Mar 1972	52.2	Appointed	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania
19 Apr 1999	79.2	Retired	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania
24 Feb 2007	87.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Singida, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Bernard Mabula
Bishop Bernard Mabula
(born 1920, died 24 Feb 2007)
Bishop Emeritus of Singida

Event Place
Birth Place Bugoda
Ordained Bishop Tabora, Archdiocese of Tabora

a priest for 54.5 years
a bishop for 37.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Marko Mihayo †
Archbishop of Tabora
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Msakila †
Bishop of Karema
Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage †
Bishop of Mwanza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Marko Mihayo † (1960)
Archbishop of Tabora
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Edward Elias Mapunda (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † (1971)
Bishop Desiderius M. Rwoma (1999)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q822581

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 3, Number 103

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