Bishop Célestin-Marie Gaoua

Bishop of Sokodé, Togo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Apr 1957		Born
27 Dec 1986	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Atakpamé, Togo
3 Jan 2016	58.7	Appointed	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
5 Mar 2016	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo

MicroData Summary
Célestin-Marie Gaoua
Bishop Célestin-Marie Gaoua
(born 6 Apr 1957)
Bishop of Sokodé

Event Place
Birth Place Wahala
Ordained Bishop Christ Lumière du Monde, Church, Kpagalam

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sokodé.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe
Titular Archbishop of Suelli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba †
Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé
Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah
Archbishop of Lomé

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe (2013)
Titular Archbishop of Suelli
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Moïse Messan Touho (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wahala
Ordained Bishop	Christ Lumière du Monde, Church, Kpagalam

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q21953085

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 3 Jan 2016
ob: CB, 10 Jan 2016
c2: CB, 4 Mar 2016
c34: CB, 5 Mar 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Number 18,855

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