Bishop Nestor Bihonda †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Muyinga, Burundi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1924²		Born
8 Nov 1953	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 May 1965	41.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gitega, Burundi
6 May 1965	41.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Siminina
15 Aug 1965	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Siminina
5 Sep 1968	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi
25 Mar 1977	53.2	Resigned	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi
2 Oct 1986	62.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Muyinga, Burundi

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Nestor Bihonda
Bishop Nestor Bihonda
(born 1924, died 2 Oct 1986)
Bishop Emeritus of Muyinga

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Gisanze, Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Gitega, Archdiocese of Gitega

a priest for 32.9 years
a bishop for 21.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean Émile André Marie Maury †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga †
Bishop of Bujumbura
Bishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †
Bishop of Ngozi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stanislas Kaburungu (1969)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16165418

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 58

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