Bishop Laurent Yapi †

Deceased

Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1937		Born
21 Dec 1963	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
21 Sep 1970	32.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
21 Sep 1970	32.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capsus
25 Oct 1970	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Capsus
12 Jan 1979	41.3	Appointed	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
17 Aug 1980	42.8	Died	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

MicroData Summary
Laurent Yapi
Bishop Laurent Yapi
(born 24 Sep 1937, died 17 Aug 1980)
Bishop of Abengourou

Event Place
Birth Place Memni
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Church, Treicheville, Archdiocese of Abidjan

a priest for 16.6 years
a bishop for 9.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard Yago †
Archbishop of Abidjan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Agré †
Bishop of Man
Bishop Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. †
Bishop of Katiola

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernard Yago † (1960)
Archbishop of Abidjan
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:
Archbishop Vital Komenan Yao † (1973)
Bishop Jean-Marie Kélétigui † (1977)
Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (1979)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13420310

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 728

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