Soane Patita Paini Cardinal Mafi

Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Paola Romana

Motto: Ke Loloto E Tui

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1961		Born
29 Jun 1991	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
28 Jun 2007	45.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Oct 2007	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
18 Apr 2008³	46.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
14 Feb 2015	53.1	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Feb 2015	53.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Paola Romana
5 Dec 2015	53.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Paola Romana

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Soane Patita Paini Mafi
Soane Patita Paini Cardinal Mafi
(born 19 Dec 1961)
Bishop of Tonga

Event Place
Birth Place Nuku'alofa, Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga and Niue Islands
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception of Mary, Cathedral, Ma'ufonga, Diocese of Tonga

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Tonga.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. †
Bishop of Tonga
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki, S.M. †
Bishop of Tonga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga †
Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
Archbishop Petero Mataca †
Archbishop of Suva, Fiji

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki, S.M. † (1994)
Bishop of Tonga
Archbishop Thomas Anthony White † (1978)
Titular Archbishop of Sebana
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Simon Samendra Mani, M.S.C. (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, S.M. (2010)
Archbishop Peter Loy Chong (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2296295

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Number 15,546
c: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2015
ab: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2015
i: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2015

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