Bishop Martin Munyanyi †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gweru, Zimbabwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jan 1956		Born
3 Sep 1983	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gweru, Zimbabwe
11 May 2006	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
26 Aug 2006	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
28 Apr 2012	56.3	Resigned	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
15 May 2022	66.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gweru, Zimbabwe

MicroData Summary
Martin Munyanyi
Bishop Martin Munyanyi
(born 3 Jan 1956, died 15 May 2022)
Bishop Emeritus of Gweru

Event Place
Birth Place Bikita
Ordained Bishop Mkobn, Stadium, Gweru, Diocese of Gweru
Death Place Shurugwi, Diocese of Gweru

a priest for 38.6 years
a bishop for 15.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera
Bishop of Masvingo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu
Archbishop of Harare
Archbishop Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube
Archbishop of Bulawayo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera (1991)
Bishop of Masvingo
Bishop Francis Xavier Mugadzi † (1989)
Bishop of Gweru
Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. † (1950)
Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo
Bishop Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. † (1931)
Titular Bishop of Ubaza
Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D. (2009)
Bishop Xavier Johnsai Munyongani † (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1904616

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 May 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 186, Number 15,229
r: Bollettino, 28 Apr 2012
d: CB, 15 May 2022
d.loc: CB, 17 May 2022

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