Bishop Christopher Mwoleka †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Aug 1927		Born	Itahwa
30 Jun 1962	34.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Mar 1969	41.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
6 Mar 1969	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zica
19 Jun 1969	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zica
26 Jun 1969	41.9	Appointed	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
8 Nov 1996	69.2	Resigned	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
16 Oct 2002	75.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge, Tanzania

a priest for 40.3 years
a bishop for 33.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marc Mihayo †
Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Christopher Mwoleka † (1969)
Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli † (1967)
Giovanni Cardinal Urbani † (1946)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Alphonse Daniel Nsabi †
Bishop Nestorius Timanywa

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