Bishop Xavier Johnsai Munyongani †

Deceased

Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1950		Born
20 Aug 1977	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
9 Feb 1999	49.1	Incardinated	Priest of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
15 Jun 2013	63.4	Appointed	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
14 Sep 2013	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
15 Oct 2017	67.7	Died	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

MicroData Summary
Xavier Johnsai Munyongani
Bishop Xavier Johnsai Munyongani
(born 1 Jan 1950, died 15 Oct 2017)
Bishop of Gweru

Ad Limina - June 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mutero Mission
Ordained Bishop Mkobn, Stadium, Gweru, Diocese of Gweru
Death Place Avenues Clinic, Harare, Archdiocese of Harare

a priest for 40.1 years
a bishop for 4.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera
Bishop of Masvingo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu
Archbishop of Harare
Bishop Martin Munyanyi †
Bishop Emeritus of Gweru

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera (1991)
Bishop of Masvingo
Bishop Francis Xavier Mugadzi † (1989)
Bishop of Gweru
Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. † (1950)
Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo
Bishop Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. † (1931)
Titular Bishop of Ubaza
Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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: Q15855236

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2013
ob: CB, 11 Sep 2013
c2: CB, 14 Sep 2013
c34: CB, 16 Sep 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,870
d: CB, 15 Oct 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)

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