Jean Damascène Bimenyimana †

Deceased

Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jun 1953		Born
6 Jul 1980	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nyundo, Rwanda
5 Nov 1981	28.3	Incardinated	Priest of Cyangugu, Rwanda
2 Jan 1997	43.5	Appointed	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda
16 Mar 1997	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda
11 Mar 2018	64.7	Died	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda

MicroData Summary
Jean Damascène Bimenyimana
Jean Damascène Bimenyimana
(born 22 Jun 1953, died 11 Mar 2018)
Bishop of Cyangugu

Ad Limina - May 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Shangi
Ordained Bishop Communal, Stadium, Cyangugu, Diocese of Cyangugu
Death Place Rwanda Military, Hospital, Kanombe, Archdiocese of Kigali

a priest for 37.6 years
a bishop for 20.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Wenceslas Kalibushi †
Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa
Archbishop of Kigali
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †
Bishop Emeritus of Butare

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Wenceslas Kalibushi † (1977)
Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo
Archbishop Vincent Nsengiyumva † (1974)
Archbishop of Kigali
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1685462

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Number 12,936
d: CB, 11 Mar 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)

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