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Bishop Abraham Than †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mong Block
Ordained Bishop	Sacre-Coeur de Jesus, Church, Yado

a priest for 67.9 years a bishop for 56.2 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Sebastian U Shwe Yauk † Bishop of Toungoo Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim † Archbishop of Mandalay Bishop Joseph Mahn Erie † Bishop of Bassein

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Sebastian U Shwe Yauk † (1961) Bishop of Toungoo 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 Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe † (1976) Bishop Isaac Danu (1985) Bishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira † (1985) Bishop Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint) (1989) Charles Maung Cardinal Bo, S.D.B. (1990) Bishop Peter Louis Cakü † (1997) Bishop Peter Hla (2001)

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