Bishop Matthias A. Chimole †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1916		Born	Nakhwala
21 Sep 1947	31.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Zomba, Malawi
21 Sep 1970	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
13 Dec 1970	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
20 Dec 1979	64.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
11 Nov 1994	78.9	Retired	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
18 Nov 2005	89.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

a priest for 58.2 years
a bishop for 34.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Chiona
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †
Bishop Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Matthias A. Chimole † (1970)
Archbishop James Chiona (1965)
Archbishop John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † (1950)
Archbishop Jozef Hubert Willem Lemmens † (1932)
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † (1930)
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa † (1920)
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Allan Chamgwera
Bishop Gervazio Moses Chisendera †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori
Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye

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