Bishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1917		Born
2 Apr 1949	32.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
26 Jan 1973	55.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania
28 Mar 1980	63.0	Appointed	Bishop of Zanzibar, Tanzania
5 Jun 1980	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Zanzibar, Tanzania
30 Nov 1996	79.7	Retired	Bishop of Zanzibar, Tanzania
26 Jun 2005	88.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Bernard Martin Ngaviliau
Bishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau C.S.Sp.
(born 1 Mar 1917, died 26 Jun 2005)
Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar

Event Place
Birth Place Marangu, Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Cathedral, Zanzibar, Diocese of Zanzibar

a priest for 56.2 years
a bishop for 25.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †
Bishop of Iringa
Bishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Arusha

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
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:
Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. (1997)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 250144782716256583536
WikiData: Q64683573

Source(s):

d: Vatican Information Service, 2 Sep 2005
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 63, Number 4,910
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 66, Number 5,177

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