Bishop Godefroy Émile M’Pwati †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Apr 1928		Born
9 Jul 1961	33.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pointe-Noire, Congo
5 Jun 1975	47.1	Appointed	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
7 Dec 1975	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
1 Sep 1988	60.3	Resigned	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
1 Sep 1988	60.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari
10 Aug 1995	67.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

MicroData Summary
Godefroy Émile M’Pwati
Bishop Godefroy Émile M’Pwati
(born 13 Apr 1928, died 10 Aug 1995)
Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire

Event Place
Birth Place Bilala
Ordained Bishop Anselmi, Stadium, Pointe-Noire, Diocese of Pointe-Noire
Death Place Adolphe Sicé, Hospital, Pointe-Noire, Diocese of Pointe-Noire

a priest for 34.0 years
a bishop for 19.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Émile Cardinal Biayenda †
Archbishop of Brazzaville
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop André Fernand Anguilé †
Archbishop of Libreville
Bishop Georges-Firmin Singha †
Bishop of Fort-Rousset

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Émile Cardinal Biayenda † (1970)
Archbishop of Brazzaville
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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: 137144647642563022607
WikiData: Q11860557

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 35, Number 2,129

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