Archbishop Isidore de Souza †

Deceased

Archbishop of Cotonou

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Apr 1934		Born	Ouidah
8 Jul 1962	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cotonou, Benin
17 Jul 1981	47.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
8 Dec 1981	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
27 Dec 1990	56.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
13 Mar 1999	64.9	Died	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

a priest for 36.7 years
a bishop for 17.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bernard Cardinal Yago †
Archbishop Christophe Adimou †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Isidore de Souza † (1981)
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin (1957)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
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 Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R.
Bishop Antoine Ganyé

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