Bishop James Kwadwo Owusu †

Deceased

Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1927		Born
8 Dec 1956	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
1 Mar 1973	45.2	Appointed	Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana
30 Jun 1973	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana
28 Dec 2001	74.0	Died	Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana

MicroData Summary
James Kwadwo Owusu
Bishop James Kwadwo Owusu
(born 19 Dec 1927, died 28 Dec 2001)
Bishop of Sunyani

Event Place
Birth Place Kwasibuokrom
Ordained Bishop Sunyani, Diocese of Sunyani

a priest for 45.0 years
a bishop for 28.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong
Bishop of Kumasi
Bishop Peter Poreku Dery †
Bishop of Wa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah † (1957)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi (1985)
Bishop Dominic Nyarko Yeboah (1990)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 9309620
WikiData: Q18412803

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,194

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