Bishop Michael Gower Coleman †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1939		Born	Mafeking
30 Jun 1963	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Mar 1986	46.9	Appointed	Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
22 Jun 1986	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
20 Aug 2011	72.3	Resigned	Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
17 Dec 2011	72.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Patrick Murphy †
Bishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Gower Coleman † (1986)
Archbishop Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R. † (1974)
Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 †

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 20 Aug 2011
d: CB, 19 Dec 2011
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)

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