Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Tagaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Oct 1957		Born
5 Jan 1986	28.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Bukoba, Tanzania
6 Jul 1986	28.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bukoba, Tanzania
6 Feb 2010	52.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tagaria
6 Feb 2010	52.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe
20 Feb 2010	52.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola
18 Mar 2010	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tagaria
5 Mar 2015	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
29 Mar 2019	61.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
29 Mar 2019	61.4	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean
25 May 2019	61.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
25 May 2019	61.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Nov 2019	62.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Nov 2019	62.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Nov 2019	62.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Nov 2019	62.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
17 Apr 2020	62.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Feb 2021	63.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Mar 2021	63.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul 2024	66.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania)

MicroData Summary for Novatus Rugambwa
(WikiData: Q464827)
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa (born 8 Oct 1957) Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Bukoba, Tanzania
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Nestorius Timanywa †
Bishop of Bukoba
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Nestorius Timanywa †
Bishop of Bukoba
Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pier Giorgio Micchiardi
Bishop of Acqui
Bishop Nestorius Timanywa †
Bishop of Bukoba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Dionísio Hisiilenapo (2011)
Bishop Pio Hipunyati (2012)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale (2022)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bukoba, Tanzania
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Feb 2010
ab: Bollettino, 20 Feb 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 201, Number 16,587
ab: Bollettino, 5 Mar 2015
ab: Bollettino, 29 Mar 2019
ab: Bollettino, 25 May 2019
ab: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2019
ab: Bollettino, 17 Apr 2020
ab: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2021
ab: Bollettino, 30 Mar 2021

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