Archbishop Simon Tonyé †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Douala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 May 1922		Born	Log-Mbon-Bikok
15 Aug 1955	33.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Douala, Cameroon
12 Dec 1969	47.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
12 Dec 1969	47.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamascani
1 Feb 1970	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tamascani
29 Aug 1973	51.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
18 Mar 1982	59.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
31 Aug 1991	69.3	Resigned	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
21 Feb 1997	74.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 27.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ernesto Gallina †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Mongo †
Bishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Simon Tonyé † (1970)
Archbishop Ernesto Gallina † (1969)
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste Cardinal de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Antonio Cardinal Dugnani † (1785)
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico, Jr. † (1773)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
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 Jean-Baptiste Ama †
Bishop Gabriel Simo
Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot

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