Bishop Michael Marai †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1948		Born
6 Dec 1976	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
25 Oct 1988	40.8	Appointed	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
23 Feb 1989	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
15 Nov 1994	46.8	Resigned	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
3 Nov 2021	73.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary for Michael Marai
(WikiData: Q1573267)
Bishop Michael Marai (born 1948, died 3 Nov 2021) Bishop Emeritus of Goroka

Event Place
Birth Place Muschu Island
Ordained Bishop Goroka, Diocese of Goroka
Death Place Wirui Retirement House, Wewak, Diocese of Wewak

a priest for 44.9 years
a bishop for 32.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Madang
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò
Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum
Archbishop Benedict To Varpin †
Archbishop of Madang

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. † (1948)
Archbishop Emeritus of Madang
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch † (1921)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. † (1991)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Muschu Island
Ordained Bishop	Goroka, Diocese of Goroka
Death Place	Wirui Retirement House, Wewak, Diocese of Wewak

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,140
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125, Number 11,271
d: CB, 3 Nov 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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