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Bishop Motlatsi Meshack Phomane

Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tshenola (Matatiele), Diocese of Umtata
Ordained Bishop	John Paul II Centre, Bethlehem, Diocese of Bethlehem

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bethlehem. a priest for years a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad} Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. Archbishop of Bloemfontein Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr. Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka (2008) Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad} Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer † (1997) Bishop Emeritus of Umtata Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (1981) Archbishop of Durban Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947) Archbishop of Durban Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945) Titular Archbishop of Adulis Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 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

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