Bishop Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ouahigouya

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jul 1916		Born	Ouagadougou
6 May 1944	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
15 Mar 1966	49.7	Appointed	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
16 Oct 1966	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
8 Nov 1984	68.3	Resigned	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
13 Mar 2008	91.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

a priest for 63.9 years
a bishop for 41.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Franz Cardinal König †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Franz Jáchym †
Bishop Julius Angerhausen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. † (1966)
Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Bishop Michael Memelauer † (1927)
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl † (1913)
Raffaele Cardinal Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
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 Marius Ouédraogo †

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