Bishop Elias Mchonde †

Deceased

Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Sep 1912³		Born
24 Aug 1948	35.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
24 Mar 1956	43.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
24 Mar 1956	43.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Adraa
21 Sep 1956	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Adraa
21 Apr 1964	51.6	Appointed	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
13 Jun 1969	56.7	Died	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Elias Mchonde
Bishop Elias Mchonde
(born Sep 1912, died 13 Jun 1969)
Bishop of Mahenge

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

Event Place
Birth Place Sofi, Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam
Ordained Bishop Kwiro

a priest for 20.8 years
a bishop for 12.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Robert Knox †
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Nairobi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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):

WikiData: Q64748006

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 83
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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