Bishop Thomas Mongo †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1914		Born
24 Feb 1943	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Douala, Cameroon
21 Nov 1955	41.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
21 Nov 1955	41.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Botriana
26 Feb 1956	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Botriana
5 Jul 1957	43.5	Appointed	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
29 Aug 1973	59.6	Resigned	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
17 Mar 1988	74.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Thomas Mongo
Bishop Thomas Mongo
(born 1914, died 17 Mar 1988)
Bishop Emeritus of Douala

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 Nkon Ngada, Diocese of Douala
Ordained Bishop Douala, Diocese of Douala

a priest for 45.0 years
a bishop for 32.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant †
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Douala
Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Garoua

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. † (1960)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † (1958)
Archbishop Théophile Mbemba † (1962)
Bishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou † (1963)
Bishop Albert Ndongmo † (1964)
Archbishop Simon Tonyé † (1970)
Bishop Denis Ngande † (1970)
Archbishop André Wouking † (1979)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 310626647
WikiData: Q11897404

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 17

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