Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M.

Bishop Emeritus of Inhambane, Mozambique

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1946		Born
21 Nov 1982	36.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
24 Oct 1997	50.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
24 Oct 1997	50.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Baia
22 Feb 1998	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Baia
1 Apr 2005	58.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
7 Sep 2006	59.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
4 Apr 2022	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique

MicroData Summary
Adriano Langa
Bishop Adriano Langa O.F.M.
(born 25 Oct 1946)
Bishop Emeritus of Inhambane

Ad Limina - May 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Macupulana
Ordained Bishop Maxaquense Pavilhão de Esportes, Maputo, Archdiocese of Maputo

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Inhambane.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Maputo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †
Titular Archbishop of Glastonia
Bishop Júlio Duarte Langa †
Bishop of Xai-Xai

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos, O.F.M. † (1975)
Archbishop of Maputo
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (2011)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 46820178
WikiData: Q375824

Source(s):

ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,244
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Additions/Corrections (front)
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 249, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 4 Apr 2022

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