Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Sep 1932		Born
11 Apr 1960	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Mar 1972	39.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar
25 Mar 1972	39.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Umbriatico
1 Oct 1972	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Umbriatico
28 Feb 1974	41.4	Appointed	Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar
15 May 1989	56.6	Appointed	Bishop of Tamatave, Madagascar
24 Nov 2008	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Toamasina, Madagascar
9 Jul 2012	79.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
René Joseph Rakotondrabé
Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé
(born 12 Sep 1932, died 9 Jul 2012)
Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina

Event Place
Birth Place Fandriana
Ordained Bishop Tananarive

a priest for 52.2 years
a bishop for 39.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michele Cecchini †
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana †
Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michele Cecchini † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado (1988)
Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. (1990)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2144720

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2008
d: CB, 9 Jul 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,215

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