Bishop Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †

Deceased

Bishop of Gweru

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1935		Born	Hama
28 Aug 1966	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
3 Feb 1977	41.9	Appointed	Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
30 Apr 1977	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
14 Jan 1987	51.9	Died	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

a priest for 20.4 years
a bishop for 9.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa †
Archbishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya † (1977)
Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. † (1950)
Archbishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J. † (1931)
Archbishop Bernard (Giordano) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa
Bishop Helmut Reckter, S.J. †

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