Bishop Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1914		Born
11 Apr 1939	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
28 Feb 1974	60.0	Appointed	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
12 May 1974	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
19 Jun 1989	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
24 Aug 2002	88.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa
Bishop Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa M.S.
(born 28 Feb 1914, died 24 Aug 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabé

Event Place
Birth Place Bétafo
Ordained Bishop Antsirabé, Diocese of Antsirabé

a priest for 63.3 years
a bishop for 28.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jérôme Louis Cardinal Rakotomalala †
Archbishop of Tananarive
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. †
Bishop of Ihosy
Bishop Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. †
Bishop of Morondava

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jérôme Louis Cardinal Rakotomalala † (1960)
Archbishop of Tananarive
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:
Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. † (1988)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q19286557

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 24, Number 1,366

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