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
7 Oct 1980	72.1	Died	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

a priest for 37.8 years
a bishop for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †
Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah † (1962)
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah † (1957)
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928)
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong
Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh
Bishop Patrick Kla Juwle †

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