Bishop Vincent Mensah †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jul 1924		Born	Cotonou
21 Dec 1952	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Sep 1970	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
19 Dec 1970	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
29 Jan 2000	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
10 Mar 2010	85.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin

a priest for 57.2 years
a bishop for 39.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Vincent Mensah † (1970)
Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. † (1960)
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 Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton

Source(s):

d: CB

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