Bishop Caesar Gatimu †

Deceased

Bishop of Nyeri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 May 1921		Born	Tetu
17 Mar 1947	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nyeri, Kenya
18 Apr 1961	39.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
18 Apr 1961	39.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina
21 May 1961	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina
25 Nov 1964	43.5	Appointed	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
20 Feb 1987	65.8	Died	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya

a priest for 39.9 years
a bishop for 25.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Fulton John Sheen †
Bishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Caesar Gatimu † (1961)
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † (1925)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Njenga
Bishop Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. †
Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru
Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C.
Bishop Peter J. Kairo

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