Bishop Christopher Mwoleka †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Aug 1927		Born
30 Jun 1962	34.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Mar 1969	41.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
6 Mar 1969	41.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zica
19 Jun 1969	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zica
26 Jun 1969	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
8 Nov 1996	69.2	Resigned	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
16 Oct 2002	75.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Christopher Mwoleka
Bishop Christopher Mwoleka
(born 9 Aug 1927, died 16 Oct 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge

Event Place
Birth Place Itahwa
Ordained Bishop Mater Misericordiae, Cathedral, Bukoba, Diocese of Bukoba

a priest for 40.2 years
a bishop for 33.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli †
Titular Archbishop of Semina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marko Mihayo †
Archbishop of Tabora
Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Bukoba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Semina
Giovanni Cardinal Urbani † (1946)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alphonse Daniel Nsabi † (1970)
Bishop Nestorius Timanywa † (1974)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 77567384
WikiData: Q64735043

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 385

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