Protase Cardinal Rugambwa

Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Montesanto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 May 1960		Born
2 Sep 1990	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rulenge, Tanzania
18 Jan 2008	47.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
13 Apr 2008	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
26 Jun 2012	52.0	Appointed	Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
26 Jun 2012	52.0	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title)
9 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
15 Mar 2023	62.7	Ceased	Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization
13 Apr 2023	62.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
30 Sep 2023	63.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Montesanto
30 Sep 2023	63.3	Elevated to Cardinal
10 Nov 2023	63.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
18 Feb 2024	63.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Montesanto

MicroData Summary for Protase Rugambwa
(VIAF: 316740267; WikiData: Q552752)
Protase Cardinal Rugambwa (born 31 May 1960) Archbishop of Tabora

Consistory - 2023: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Bunena
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Victory, Cathedral, Kigoma, Diocese of Kigoma

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Tabora.

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Ordained Priest by:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Consecrator:
Polycarp Cardinal Pengo
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Robert Sarah
Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}
Archbishop Paul Runangaza Ruzoka
Archbishop of Tabora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Polycarp Cardinal Pengo (1984)
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Henry Aruna (2013)
Bishop Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S. (2018)
Bishop Jovitus Francis Mwijage (2024)
Bishop Vincent Cosmas Mwagala (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Roman Mlola, ALCP/OSS (2014)
Bishop Liberatus Sangu (2015)
Archbishop Dieudonné Datonou (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bunena
Ordained Bishop	Our Lady of Victory, Cathedral, Kigoma, Diocese of Kigoma

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Jan 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Number 15,727
ab: Bollettino, 26 Jun 2012
ab: Bollettino, 9 Nov 2017
ab: Bollettino, 13 Apr 2023
card: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2023
cpri: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2023
s: Bollettino, 10 Nov 2023
i: Bollettino, 12 Feb 2024

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