Bishop Léonard Dhejju †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Mar 1931		Born
23 Aug 1959	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Mar 1981	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Jul 1981	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Jul 1984	53.3	Appointed	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Apr 2002	71.0	Resigned	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Jun 2019	88.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Léonard Dhejju
Bishop Léonard Dhejju
(born 14 Mar 1931, died 4 Jun 2019)
Bishop Emeritus of Bunia

Event Place
Birth Place Dele
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Church, Uvira, Diocese of Uvira
Death Place Bunia, Diocese of Bunia

a priest for 59.7 years
a bishop for 37.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru †
Archbishop of Bukavu
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gabriel Ukec †
Bishop of Bunia
Bishop Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku †
Titular Bishop of Scampa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru † (1966)
Archbishop of Bukavu
Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba † (1960)
Bishop of Goma
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo (1985)
Bishop Joseph Banga Bane (1996)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315938920
WikiData: Q1444672

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Number 5,844

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