Bishop Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †

Deceased

Bishop of Meru

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Aug 1904		Born	Vigone, Italy
15 Aug 1926	22.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries
3 Mar 1954	49.6	Appointed	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
27 May 1954	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
7 Apr 1976	71.7	Died	Bishop of Meru, Kenya

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 21.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Maurilio Cardinal Fossati †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francesco Bottino †
Bishop Michele Alberto Arduino, S.D.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. † (1954)
Maurilio Cardinal Fossati † (1924)
Giuseppe Cardinal Gamba † (1902)
Bishop Giacinto Arcangeli † (1898)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru

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