Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gulu

Titular Bishop of Litterae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1899		Born	Castello sopra Lecco, Italy
6 Jun 1925	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
1 Dec 1950	51.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda
1 Dec 1950	51.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cerbali
1 Apr 1951	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cerbali
25 Mar 1953	53.9	Appointed	Bishop of Gulu, Uganda
19 Dec 1968	69.6	Resigned	Bishop of Gulu, Uganda
19 Dec 1968	69.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Litterae
12 Jun 1991	92.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda

a priest for 66.0 years
a bishop for 40.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bl. Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Felice Bonomini †
Bishop Pietro Villa, M.C.C.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. † (1951)
Bl. Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929)
Pope Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti † (1919)
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Archbishop Boleslaw Hieronim Klopotowski † (1897)
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozlowski † (1883)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz † (1859)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawlowski † (1829)
Bishop Michal Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Archbishop Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop Andrzej Mikolaj Stanislaw Kostka Mlodziejowski † (1767)
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1759)
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Archbishop Stanislaw Szembek † (1690)
Bishop Jan (Kazimierz) Małachowski † (1676)
Bishop Bonawentura Madalinski † (1672)
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Bishop Claudio Rangoni †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.I. †
Bishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire †

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