Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mamfe, Cameroon

Motto: Fiat Voluntas Tua

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1938		Born
17 Apr 1966	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Buéa, Cameroon
9 Feb 1999	60.1	Appointed	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon
21 Apr 1999	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon
25 Jan 2014	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon
29 Jul 2026	87.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mamfe, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Francis Teke Lysinge
Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge
(born 28 Dec 1938, died 29 Jul 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Mamfe

Ad Limina - March 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Muea
Ordained Priest Grounds of, Regina Pacis, Cathedral, Buéa, Diocese of Buéa
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Mamfe, Diocese of Mamfe
Death Place St. John of God, Hospital, Mamfe, Diocese of Mamfe

a priest for 60.2 years
a bishop for 27.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Buéa
Principal Consecrator:
Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi †
Archbishop of Douala
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †
Archbishop of Bamenda
Bishop Pius Suh Awa †
Bishop of Buéa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi † (1980)
Archbishop of Douala
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Andrew Nkea Fuanya (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Muea
Ordained Priest	Grounds of, Regina Pacis, Cathedral, Buéa, Diocese of Buéa
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Mamfe, Diocese of Mamfe
Death Place	St. John of God, Hospital, Mamfe, Diocese of Mamfe

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1441750

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Number 13,503
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,545
r: Bollettino, 25 Jan 2014
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 248, Deceased Cardinals (back)
opd/c1: CB, 4 May 2022
d: CB, 29 Jul 2026

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