Archbishop Paul Runangaza Ruzoka

Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1948		Born
20 Jul 1975	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kigoma, Tanzania
10 Nov 1989	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
6 Jan 1990	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
25 Nov 2006	58.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
28 Jan 2007	59.0	Installed	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
10 Nov 2023	75.8	Retired	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Paul Runangaza Ruzoka
Archbishop Paul Runangaza Ruzoka
(born 1948)
Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

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

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Tabora.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alphonse Daniel Nsabi †
Bishop of Kigoma
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re
Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum
Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn †
Titular Archbishop of Cadi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Josaphat Jackson Bududu (2009)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Josaphat Jackson Bududu (2009)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Roman Mlola, ALCP/OSS (2014)
Bishop Edward Elias Mapunda (2015)
Bishop Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Severine Niwemugizi (1997)
Bishop Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila (2008)
Protase Cardinal Rugambwa (2008)
Bishop Beatus Christian Urassa, ALCP/OSS (2018)
Bishop Josaphat Jackson Bududu (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2062089

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 25 Nov 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 119, Number 10,682
mn: CB, 30 May 2015
r: Bollettino, 10 Nov 2023

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