Bishop Castor Sekwa †

Deceased

Bishop of Shinyanga

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Mar 1927		Born	Sayusayu
15 Aug 1959	32.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Shinyanga, Tanzania
30 Jan 1975	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
18 May 1975	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
4 Jun 1996	69.2	Died	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania

a priest for 36.8 years
a bishop for 21.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marc Mihayo †
Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Castor Sekwa † (1975)
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Archbishop David Mathew † (1938)
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
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:
Bishop Matthew Shija

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