Archbishop Christophe Adimou †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jan 1916		Born	Cana
14 Jan 1951	35.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Mar 1968	52.2	Appointed	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
25 Jul 1968	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
28 Jun 1971	55.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
27 Dec 1990	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
8 Jul 1998	82.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

a priest for 47.5 years
a bishop for 30.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka †
Bishop Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Christophe Adimou † (1968)
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin † (1957)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni
Bishop Eugène Cyrille Houndékon
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Sastre †
Archbishop Isidore de Souza †

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)

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