Bishop Matthew Shija

Bishop Emeritus of Kahama

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Apr 1924		Born	Puge
17 Jan 1954	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Nov 1983	59.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania
26 Feb 1984	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania
24 Apr 2001	77.0	Retired	Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kahama.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse Daniel Nsabi †
Bishop Castor Sekwa †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Matthew Shija (1984)
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 Galleffi † (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 Ludovic Minde, O.S.S.

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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