Archbishop Benedict To Varpin

Archbishop Emeritus of Madang

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jul 1936		Born	Volavolo
24 Jan 1971	34.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
30 Oct 1979	43.3	Appointed	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
19 Mar 1980	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
26 Jan 1987	50.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
31 Dec 1987	51.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
24 Jul 2001	65.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Madang.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop George To Bata †
Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Benedict To Varpin (1980)
Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. † (1970)
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † (1954)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul John Marx, M.S.C.
Archbishop Brian James Barnes, O.F.M.
Bishop Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. †
Bishop Michael Marai
Bishop Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E.
Archbishop John Ribat, M.S.C.

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