Bishop Salutaris Melchior Libena

Bishop of Ifakara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Nov 1963		Born	Itete
29 Jun 1991	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mahenge, Tanzania
28 Jan 2010	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
28 Jan 2010	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sutunurca
19 Mar 2010	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sutunurca
14 Jan 2012	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ifakara, Tanzania

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ifakara.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Patrick Iteka †
Principal Consecrator:
Polycarp Cardinal Pengo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jude Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Salutaris Melchior Libena (2010)
Polycarp Cardinal Pengo (1984)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Jan 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ab: Bollettino, 14 Jan 2012

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