Bishop Jan Ozga

Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Apr 1956		Born
7 Jun 1981	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland
24 Jan 1997	40.7	Appointed	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
20 Apr 1997	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Jan Ozga
Bishop Jan Ozga
(born 17 Apr 1956)
Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang

Ad Limina - March 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Wola Ranizowska, Diocese of Przemyśl, Poland
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Near, Cathedral, Doumé, Diocese of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk †
Bishop of Przemyśl
Principal Consecrator:
Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi †
Archbishop of Douala
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Bertoua
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Archbishop of Yaoundé

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi † (1980)
Archbishop of Douala
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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:
Bishop Marian Rojek (2006)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315946945
WikiData: Q1682103

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 12,994
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 248, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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