Bishop Jacques Danka Longa

Bishop of Kara, Togo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1961		Born
25 Jan 1992	30.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sokodé, Togo
1 Jul 1994	32.9	Incardinated	Priest of Kara, Togo
23 Apr 2008	46.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kara, Togo
26 Jul 2008	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Kara, Togo
7 Jan 2009	47.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Kara, Togo

MicroData Summary
Jacques Danka Longa
Bishop Jacques Danka Longa
(born 26 Jul 1961)
Bishop of Kara

Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sokodé

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kara.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D.
Titular Archbishop of Alexanum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah
Archbishop of Lomé
Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba †
Bishop of Sokodé

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D. (2005)
Titular Archbishop of Alexanum
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1471296

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 23 Apr 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Number 15,934
s: Bollettino, 7 Jan 2009

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