Bishop Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap.

Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jun 1934		Born	Ospitaletto
2 Apr 1960	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
5 Jun 1975	40.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
5 Jun 1975	40.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tortibulum
26 Oct 1975	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tortibulum
22 Apr 1978	43.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
10 Jun 1995	60.9	Resigned	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bossangoa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. †
Archbishop Bruno Foresti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. (1975)
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 Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop Edouard Mathos

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