Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène

Bishop Emeritus of Kolda, Senegal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1951		Born
11 Apr 1980	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ziguinchor, Senegal
22 Dec 1999	48.3	Appointed	Bishop of Kolda, Senegal
29 Apr 2000	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kolda, Senegal
5 Aug 2017	66.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tambacounda, Senegal
6 Feb 2022	70.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Tambacounda, Senegal
24 Oct 2026	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Kolda, Senegal

MicroData Summary
Jean-Pierre Bassène
Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène
(born 1 Aug 1951)
Bishop Emeritus of Kolda

Ad Limina - February 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Essyl, Vicariate Apostolic of Ziguinchor
Ordained Bishop Open Air, CEM Alpha Molo Baldé, Kolda, Diocese of Kolda

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kolda.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Augustin Sagna †
Bishop Emeritus of Ziguinchor
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bernard Agré †
Archbishop of Abidjan
Archbishop Robert Sarah
Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Augustin Sagna † (1967)
Bishop Emeritus of Ziguinchor
Archbishop Hyacinthe Thiandoum † (1962)
Archbishop of Dakar
Archbishop Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (1958)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Pierre-Marie Paul Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Baptiste Valter Manga (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Abel Mamba Diatta (2012)
Bishop Joseph Francis Badji (2026)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 137157340583809920924
WikiData: Q1685170

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Number 13,749
ab: Bollettino, 5 Aug 2017
bpd/opd: CB, 23 Nov 2024
r: Bollettino, 24 Oct 2026

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