Archbishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Aug 1934		Born
8 Sep 1953	19.0	First Vows	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
3 Aug 1958	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
3 Feb 1994	59.4	Appointed	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon
22 May 1994	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon
3 Jun 1999	64.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
3 Dec 2009	75.3	Retired	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
6 Aug 2023	88.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Roger Pirenne
Archbishop Roger Pirenne C.I.C.M.
(born 9 Aug 1934, died 6 Aug 2023)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua

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

Event Place
Birth Place Clermont sur Berwinne, Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
Ordained Bishop Batouri, Diocese of Batouri
Death Place Caisse, Hospital, Yaoundé, Archdiocese of Yaoundé

a priest for 65.0 years
a bishop for 29.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló
Titular Archbishop of Tamada
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Archbishop of Yaoundé
Archbishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †
Archbishop of Bamenda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló (1985)
Titular Archbishop of Tamada
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Dieudonné Bogmis † (1999)
Archbishop Samuel Kleda (2001)
Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. (2010)
Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana (2012)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 200538939
WikiData: Q2161848

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 3 Dec 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Number 12,344
firs/bpd: CB, 13 Sep 2025

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