Bishop Phocas Nikwigize †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ruhengeri, Rwanda

Note(s): (Probably Died on 30 Nov 1996)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Aug 1919		Born
25 Jul 1948	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Sep 1968	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
30 Nov 1968	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
5 Jan 1996	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
30 Nov 1996	77.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ruhengeri, Rwanda

MicroData Summary for Phocas Nikwigize
(VIAF: 645149416742789730005; WikiData: Q1679612)
Bishop Phocas Nikwigize (born 23 Aug 1919, died 30 Nov 1996) Bishop Emeritus of Ruhengeri

Event Place
Birth Place Muhango
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Ruhengeri, Diocese of Ruhengeri

a priest for 48.3 years
a bishop for 28.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amelio Poggi †
Titular Archbishop of Cercina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. †
Archbishop of Kabgayi
Bishop Joseph Sibomana †
Bishop of Ruhengeri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Amelio Poggi † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Cercina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Ruzindana † (1982)

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2017, Page 617
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 435
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Additions/Corrections (back)
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 248, Additions/Corrections (front)

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