Bishop Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien, O.S.F.S.

Bishop of Djougou, Benin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1970		Born
22 Jul 2006	35.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
12 Feb 2022	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Djougou, Benin
2 Apr 2022	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Djougou, Benin

MicroData Summary
Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien
Bishop Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien O.S.F.S.
(born 20 Aug 1970)
Bishop of Djougou

Event Place
Birth Place Abomey-Calavi
Ordained Bishop Courtyard, Chancery Office, Djougou, Diocese of Djougou

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Djougou.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Fidèle Agbatchi
Archbishop of Parakou
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pascal N’Koué
Archbishop of Parakou
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Mark Gerard Miles
Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale
Bishop Aristide Gonsallo
Bishop of Porto Novo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pascal N’Koué (1997)
Archbishop of Parakou
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin † (1957)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q110897629

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Feb 2022
ob/c2+: CB, 5 Mar 2022
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 251, Number 20,890

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