Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo †

Deceased

Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Fort-Rousset

Titular Bishop of Cubda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1912		Born	Boundji
9 Jun 1946	34.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Jul 1965	53.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo
6 Jul 1965	53.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cubda
10 Oct 1965	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cubda
2 Mar 1968	56.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo
27 Feb 1970	58.2	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo
17 Apr 1981	69.3	Died	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

a priest for 34.9 years
a bishop for 15.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Grégoire-Pierre XV Cardinal Agagianian †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †
Bishop Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo † (1965)
Grégoire-Pierre XV Cardinal Agagianian † (1935)
Archbishop Sergio Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Archbishop Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Archbishop Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Antoine-Pierre IX Cardinal Hassun † (1842)
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 †

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