Bishop Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J.

Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Aug 1956		Born
15 Aug 1992	35.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
24 Jun 2005	48.8	Appointed	Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar
4 Sep 2005	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
Fidelis Rakotonarivo
Bishop Fidelis Rakotonarivo S.J.
(born 28 Aug 1956)
Bishop of Ambositra

Ad Limina - March 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ambohimahazo

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ambositra.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony, S.J.
Archbishop of Toliara
Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly (1999)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. † (1988)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. † (1971)
Archbishop of Tananarive
Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † (1960)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1915)
Titular Bishop of Chytri
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † (1913)
Titular Bishop of Carrhae
Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † (1888)
Bishop of Raphoe
Archbishop Michael Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Marcellin Randriamamonjy (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1411274

Source(s):

c2: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 182, Number 14,971

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