Bishop Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap.

Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jun 1940		Born	Nosy-Bé
9 Mar 1969	28.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
8 Jul 1976	36.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
3 Oct 1976	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
25 Oct 1997	57.4	Resigned	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ambanja.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana
Bishop Jérôme Razafindrazaka †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. (1976)
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. † (1971)
Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † (1960)
Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. † (1937)
Bishop Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1915)
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † (1913)
Patrick Joseph Cardinal O'Donnell † (1888)
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Armand Toasy

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