Bishop François Xavier Rajaonarivo †

Deceased

Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Apr 1915		Born
26 Jul 1945	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Apr 1960	44.9	Appointed	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
8 May 1960	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
15 Nov 1985	70.6	Died	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
François Xavier Rajaonarivo
Bishop François Xavier Rajaonarivo
(born 8 Apr 1915, died 15 Nov 1985)
Bishop of Miarinarivo

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Fenomanana, Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 40.3 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope John XXIII
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †
Titular Bishop of Hilta
Bishop Fulton John Sheen †
Titular Bishop of Caesariana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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 Nicolas Ravitarivao † (1973)
Bishop Félix Paul † (1975)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11860000

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 52

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