Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku

Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jan 1952		Born
21 Aug 1978	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Apr 1998	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Aug 1998	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku
Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku
(born 27 Jan 1952)
Bishop of Butembo-Beni

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

Event Place
Birth Place Lukanga

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Butembo-Beni.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santo Spirito in Sassia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emmanuel Kataliko †
Archbishop of Bukavu
Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz †
Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini † (1956)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santo Spirito in Sassia
Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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:
Bishop Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr. (2014)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1919193

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,363
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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