Archbishop Matthias U Shwe †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1943		Born
12 Apr 1969	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Taunggyi, Myanmar
20 Dec 1979	36.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
20 Dec 1979	36.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uzippari
13 Dec 1980	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uzippari
18 Dec 1989	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
17 Jan 1998	54.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
12 Apr 2015	71.3	Resigned	Archbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
12 Aug 2021	77.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar

MicroData Summary for Matthias U Shwe
(WikiData: Q1910362)
Archbishop Matthias U Shwe (born 1 Dec 1943, died 12 Aug 2021) Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi

Ad Limina - May 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kamai
Ordained Bishop Christ the King, Church, Loikaw
Death Place Taunggyi, Archdiocese of Taunggyi

a priest for 52.3 years
a bishop for 40.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. †
Bishop of Taunggyi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby †
Archbishop of Rangoon
Bishop Sebastian U Shwe Yauk †
Bishop of Toungoo
Bishop Paul Zingtung Grawng †
Bishop of Myitkyina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. † (1961)
Bishop of Taunggyi
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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 Isaac Danu (1985)
Bishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira † (1985)
Bishop Gregory Taik Maung (1985)
Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray (1987)
Bishop Peter Hla (2001)
Archbishop Basilio Athai (2008)
Bishop Stephen Tjephe † (2009)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kamai
Ordained Bishop	Christ the King, Church, Loikaw
Death Place	Taunggyi, Archdiocese of Taunggyi

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 12 Apr 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Number 5,005
d: CB, 12 Aug 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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