Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah †

Deceased

Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Aug 1908		Born	Beyin Apolonia
13 Dec 1942	34.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cape Coast, Ghana
24 Feb 1962	53.5	Appointed	Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana
17 Jun 1962	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana
20 Nov 1969	61.2	Appointed	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
15 Mar 1970	61.6	Installed	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
6 Oct 1980	72.1	Died	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

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Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
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a priest for 37.8 years
a bishop for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia
Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Accra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah † (1957)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (1970)
Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh † (1971)
Bishop Patrick Kla Juwle † (1972)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1962, Number 79

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