Bishop Joseph Sipendi †

Deceased

Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1915		Born
20 Dec 1942	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
1966	50.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania
1968	52.7	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania
11 Jan 1968	52.8	Appointed	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
24 Mar 1968	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
29 Apr 1985	70.1	Died	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Joseph Sipendi
Bishop Joseph Sipendi
(born 19 Mar 1915, died 29 Apr 1985)
Bishop of Moshi

Event Place
Birth Place Kilema, Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Christ the King, Cathedral, Moshi, Diocese of Moshi

a priest for 42.3 years
a bishop for 17.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Bishop of Bukoba
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marko Mihayo †
Archbishop of Tabora
Bishop Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Tisedi

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † (1971)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 281928310
WikiData: Q64777459

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 421

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