Bernard Cardinal Yago †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Jul 1916³		Born
1 May 1947	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Apr 1960	43.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
8 May 1960	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Feb 1983	66.5	Elevated to Cardinal
2 Feb 1983	66.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
19 Dec 1994	78.4	Retired	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Oct 1997	81.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Bernard Yago
(VIAF: 42690058; WikiData: Q822804)
Bernard Cardinal Yago (born Jul 1916, died 5 Oct 1997) Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan

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
Consistory - 1983: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Pass, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Abidjan, Archdiocese of Abidjan
Buried Place (Original) Saint Paul du Plateau, Cathedral, Abidjan, Archdiocese of Abidjan

a priest for 50.4 years
a bishop for 37.4 years
a cardinal for 14.6 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

Ordained Deacon:
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa (1970)
Ordained Priest:
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa (1971)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bernard Cardinal Agré † (1968)
Bishop Laurent Yapi † (1970)
Archbishop Auguste Nobou † (1972)
Bishop Pierre-Marie Coty † (1976)
Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (1979)
Bishop Bruno Kouamé † (1981)
Bishop Joseph Akichi † (1982)
Bishop Laurent Akran Mandjo † (1982)
Bishop Alexandre Kouassi † (1988)
Archbishop Barthélémy Djabla † (1990)
Bishop Joseph Niangoran Teky (1993)
Bishop Maurice Konan Kouassi (1995)
Archbishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. † (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. † (1962)
Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka † (1963)
Bishop Eugène Abissa Kwaku † (1963)
Archbishop Isidore de Souza † (1981)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pass, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Abidjan, Archdiocese of Abidjan
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Paul du Plateau, Cathedral, Abidjan, Archdiocese of Abidjan

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 41
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 439, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 728, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 863, Ascendance
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 2 Feb 1983

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