Archbishop Christophe Adimou †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jan 1916		Born
14 Jan 1951	35.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Mar 1968	52.1	Appointed	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
25 Jul 1968	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
28 Jun 1971	55.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
27 Dec 1990	74.9	Retired	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
8 Jul 1998	82.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

MicroData Summary for Christophe Adimou
(VIAF: 8576161881927834100008; WikiData: Q11855313)
Archbishop Christophe Adimou (born 12 Jan 1916, died 8 Jul 1998) Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou

Event Place
Birth Place Cana
Ordained Bishop Ouidak

a priest for 47.4 years
a bishop for 29.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernardin Gantin †
Archbishop of Cotonou
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka †
Bishop of Abomey
Bishop Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †
Bishop of Atakpamé

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernardin Gantin † (1957)
Archbishop of Cotonou
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni (1983)
Bishop Eugène Cyrille Houndékon (1986)
Archbishop Dieudonné Datonou (1989)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Sastre † (1972)
Archbishop Isidore de Souza † (1981)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cana
Ordained Bishop	Ouidak

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 310

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