Bishop Nestorius Timanywa †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 May 1937		Born
11 Dec 1966	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bukoba, Tanzania
26 Nov 1973	36.5	Appointed	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania
24 Feb 1974	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania
15 Jan 2013	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania
28 Aug 2018	81.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Nestorius Timanywa
Bishop Nestorius Timanywa
(born 7 May 1937, died 28 Aug 2018)
Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba

Event Place
Birth Place Kakungiri
Ordained Bishop Mater Misericordiae, Cathedral, Bukoba, Diocese of Bukoba
Death Place Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza

a priest for 51.7 years
a bishop for 44.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Bishop of Bukoba
Principal Consecrator:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marko Mihayo †
Archbishop of Tabora
Bishop Christopher Mwoleka †
Bishop of Rulenge

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa † (1986)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Desiderius M. Rwoma (1974)
Bishop Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza (1981)
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa † (1986)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Damian Kyaruzi (1997)
Bishop Method Paul Kilaini (2000)
Bishop Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila (2008)
Bishop Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza (2008)
Archbishop Piero Pioppo (2010)
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa † (2010)
Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent (2010)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1978479

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 15 Jan 2013
d: CB, 28 Aug 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 23, Number 1,308
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 25, Number 1,413

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