Bishop Charles Kweku Sam †

Deceased

Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Feb 1940		Born	Amuni
23 Jul 1967	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
30 Nov 1981	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
6 Jan 1982	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
20 Feb 1982	42.0	Installed	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
13 Jan 1998	57.9	Died	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

a priest for 30.5 years
a bishop for 16.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo
Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles Kweku Sam † (1982)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw 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 †

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