Archbishop Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.

Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jul 1949		Born
26 Jul 1980	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
27 Jun 1998	48.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Francistown, Botswana
27 Jun 1998	48.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pauzera
7 Nov 1998	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pauzera
9 Aug 2017	68.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gaborone, Botswana
2 Oct 2017	68.2	Appointed	Bishop of Francistown, Botswana
6 Jun 2019	69.9	Appointed	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
17 Aug 2019	70.1	Installed	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
5 Jul 2021	71.9	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Gaborone, Botswana

MicroData Summary
Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah
Archbishop Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah S.V.D.
(born 7 Jul 1949)
Bishop of Gaborone

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Likpe Abozome, Ghana
Ordained Bishop open air, Francistown, Vicariate Apostolic of Francistown

Please contact the Archbishop through the Diocese of Gaborone.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi †
Bishop of Gaborone
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Kimberley
Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †
Bishop of Kroonstad

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi † (1982)
Bishop of Gaborone
Archbishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † (1972)
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Bishop Alfredo Poledrini † (1965)
Titular Bishop of Vazari
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D. † (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Valentine Tsamma Seane (2009)
Bishop Lawrence Ofentse Pheto (2026)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1167433

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Number 13,445
mn: CB, 15 Jul 2015
ab: Bollettino, 9 Aug 2017
ab: Bollettino, 2 Oct 2017
ab: Bollettino, 6 Jun 2019
i: CB, 14 Jul 2019
ab: Bollettino, 5 Jul 2021

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