Bishop James Dominic Sangu †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mbeya, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jul 1920		Born
7 Sep 1947	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 May 1966	45.8	Appointed	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
11 Sep 1966	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
28 Nov 1996	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
26 Jul 1998	78.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mbeya, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
James Dominic Sangu
Bishop James Dominic Sangu
(born 14 Jul 1920, died 26 Jul 1998)
Bishop Emeritus of Mbeya

Event Place
Birth Place Zimba

a priest for 50.8 years
a bishop for 31.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Bishop of Bukoba
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Guido Del Mestri †
Titular Archbishop of Tuscamia
Archbishop Marko Mihayo †
Archbishop of Tabora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde † (1970)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Raymond Mwanyika † (1971)
Bishop Patrick Iteka † (1973)
Bishop Magnus Mwalunyungu † (1992)
Bishop Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C. † (1997)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 77665913
WikiData: Q11865829

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 448, Ascendance

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