Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda

Titular Bishop of Litterae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1899		Born
6 Jun 1925	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
1 Dec 1950	51.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda
1 Dec 1950	51.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cerbali
1 Apr 1951	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cerbali
25 Mar 1953	53.8	Appointed	Bishop of Gulu, Uganda
19 Dec 1968	69.5	Resigned	Bishop of Gulu, Uganda
19 Dec 1968	69.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Litterae
12 Jun 1991	92.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda

MicroData Summary for Giovanni Battista Cesana
(WikiData: Q56339994)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana M.C.C.I. (born 14 May 1899, died 12 Jun 1991) Bishop Emeritus of Gulu

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Castello sopra Lecco, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Lecco, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy

a priest for 66.0 years
a bishop for 40.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Felice Bonomini †
Bishop of Como
Bishop Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. †
Titular Bishop of Lystra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. † (1951)
Bishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire † (1963)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Castello sopra Lecco, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Lecco, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 20
bpd: AM, 15 Nov 2023

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