Bishop Benedict Ganesh Singh †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1927		Born
7 Dec 1954	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
16 Jan 1971	43.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
16 Jan 1971	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria
18 Apr 1971	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria
12 Aug 1972	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
30 Oct 2003	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
12 Sep 2018	90.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

MicroData Summary
Benedict Ganesh Singh
Bishop Benedict Ganesh Singh
(born 2 Dec 1927, died 12 Sep 2018)
Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown

Event Place
Birth Place Buxton, Diocese of Georgetown, Guyana
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Georgetown, Diocese of Georgetown, Guyana
Death Place Balwant Singh, Hospital, Georgetown, Diocese of Georgetown, Guyana

a priest for 63.7 years
a bishop for 47.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †
Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. †
Bishop of Lishui [Lishui]
Bishop Patrick Webster, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. † (1954)
Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Derek Persaud (1985)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sydney Anicetus Charles † (1975)
Bishop Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B. (2004)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q816877

Source(s):

d: CB, 12 Sep 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,140

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