Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu

Bishop Emeritus of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Feb 1948		Born
3 Aug 1975	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kumasi, Ghana
3 Mar 1995	47.0	Appointed	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
28 May 1995	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
11 Jun 1995	47.3	Installed	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
21 Mar 2024	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
21 Mar 2024	76.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
7 Jun 2024	76.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana

MicroData Summary
Joseph Osei-Bonsu
Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu
(born 8 Feb 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Konongo-Mampong

Ad Limina - April 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Jamasi
Ordained Priest St. Peter, Cathedral, Kumasi, Diocese of Kumasi
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Independence Square, Accra, Archdiocese of Accra

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Konongo-Mampong.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong
Bishop of Kumasi
Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko †
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu
Bishop of Ho
Archbishop Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya †
Archbishop of Tamale

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jozef Cardinal Tomko † (1979)
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Alfred Agyenta (2011)
Bishop John Opoku-Agyemang (2024)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 95246715
WikiData: Q1483543

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,560
r: Bollettino, 21 Mar 2024
aadm: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 116, Page 912

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