Archbishop Théophile Mbemba †

Deceased

Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 May 1917		Born
9 Jun 1946	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brazzaville, Congo
11 Nov 1961	44.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
11 Nov 1961	44.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tubia
11 Feb 1962	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tubia
23 May 1964	47.0	Succeeded	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
14 Jun 1971	54.1	Died	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo

MicroData Summary
Théophile Mbemba
Archbishop Théophile Mbemba
(born 6 May 1917, died 14 Jun 1971)
Archbishop of Brazzaville

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Mpiaka, Vicariate Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi
Ordained Bishop Brazzaville, Archdiocese of Brazzaville
Death Place Brazzaville, Archdiocese of Brazzaville

a priest for 25.0 years
a bishop for 9.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Brazzaville
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Mongo †
Bishop of Douala
Bishop Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda †
Titular Bishop of Gindarus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. † (1950)
Archbishop of Brazzaville
Bishop Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † (1949)
Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)
Archbishop Maurice Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 160478509
WikiData: Q57953921

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 11

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