Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mbala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1908		Born	Iserlohn, Germany
28 Mar 1936	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
11 Dec 1958	50.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia
11 Dec 1958	50.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Termessus
25 Apr 1959	50.4	Appointed	Bishop of Abercorn, Zambia
29 Jun 1959	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Abercorn, Zambia
21 Jun 1987	78.6	Retired	Bishop of Mbala, Zambia
12 Nov 1988	80.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia

a priest for 52.6 years
a bishop for 29.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Franz Cardinal Hengsbach †
Bishop Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. † (1959)
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu

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