Bishop Matthew Shija †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kahama, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Apr 1924		Born
17 Jan 1954	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Nov 1983	59.5	Appointed	Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania
26 Feb 1984	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania
24 Apr 2001	77.0	Retired	Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania
9 Dec 2015	91.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kahama, Tanzania

MicroData Summary for Matthew Shija
(WikiData: Q1116534)
Bishop Matthew Shija (born 17 Apr 1924, died 9 Dec 2015) Bishop Emeritus of Kahama

Event Place
Birth Place Puge
Ordained Bishop Ste. Therese, Church, Tabora

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 31.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Daniel Nsabi †
Bishop of Kigoma
Bishop Castor Sekwa †
Bishop of Shinyanga

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS (2001)

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 10 Dec 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 84, Number 6,997

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