Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lomé, Togo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 May 1963		Born
8 Aug 1987	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lomé, Togo
9 Jan 2008	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo
9 Mar 2008	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo
23 Nov 2019	56.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo
23 Nov 2019	56.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Atakpamé, Togo
11 Jan 2020	56.6	Installed	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo
7 Jan 2023	59.6	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Atakpamé, Togo
4 Aug 2024	61.2	Died	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo

MicroData Summary for Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan
(VIAF: 36186056; WikiData: Q1986053)
Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan (born 19 May 1963, died 4 Aug 2024) Archbishop of Lomé

Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Ordained Priest Sainte Trinité, Cathedral, Atakpamé, Diocese of Atakpamé
Ordained Bishop Open Air, near, Notre-Dame de la Trinité, Cathedral, Atakpamé, Diocese of Atakpamé
Death Place Docta-Lafié, Hospital, Lomé, Archdiocese of Lomé

a priest for 36.9 years
a bishop for 16.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron †
Archbishop of Lomé
Principal Consecrator:
Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro †
Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé
Bishop Julien Mawule Kouto †
Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson (1993)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh † (1971)
Archbishop of Accra
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah † (1957)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Moïse Messan Touho (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Ordained Priest	Sainte Trinité, Cathedral, Atakpamé, Diocese of Atakpamé
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, near, Notre-Dame de la Trinité, Cathedral, Atakpamé, Diocese of Atakpamé
Death Place	Docta-Lafié, Hospital, Lomé, Archdiocese of Lomé

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Jan 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 193, Number 15,690
ab: Bollettino, 23 Nov 2019
ab: CB, 23 Nov 2019
i: CB, 11 Dec 2019
d: CB, 4 Aug 2024

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