Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi

Archbishop of Douala

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Oct 1930		Born	Kikaikelaki
17 Apr 1966	35.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Dec 1979	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
6 Jan 1980	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
19 Nov 1982	52.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
17 Mar 1984	53.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
28 Jun 1988	57.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	57.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno
31 Aug 1991	60.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Douala.

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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo
Bishop Ferdinando Maggioni †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi (1980)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep
Bishop Jan Ozga
Bishop Dieudonné Bogmis
Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge
Archbishop Samuel Kleda
Bishop George Nkuo
Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antoine Ntalou

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