Archbishop Benedict To Varpin †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jul 1936		Born
24 Jan 1971	34.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
30 Oct 1979	43.2	Appointed	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
19 Mar 1980	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
26 Jan 1987	50.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
31 Dec 1987	51.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
24 Jul 2001	65.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
8 Sep 2020	84.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary for Benedict To Varpin
(VIAF: 104156251793707991190; WikiData: Q816882)
Archbishop Benedict To Varpin (born 24 Jul 1936, died 8 Sep 2020) Archbishop Emeritus of Madang

Event Place
Birth Place Volavolo, Archdiocese of Rabaul
Ordained Bishop Veifa'a
Death Place Rabaul, Archdiocese of Rabaul

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 40.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. †
Bishop Emeritus of Bereina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop George To Bata †
Titular Bishop of Saia Maior
Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Mendi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. † (1970)
Bishop Emeritus of Bereina
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. † (1999)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul John Marx, M.S.C. † (1985)
Archbishop Brian James Barnes, O.F.M. † (1988)
Bishop Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. † (1988)
Bishop Michael Marai † (1989)
Bishop Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E. (1992)
John Cardinal Ribat, M.S.C. (2001)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 61, Number 4,689
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 62, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: CB, 8 Sep 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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