Bishop Vincent Mensah †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jul 1924		Born
21 Dec 1952	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Sep 1970	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
19 Dec 1970	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
29 Jan 2000	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
10 Mar 2010	85.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin

MicroData Summary for Vincent Mensah
(VIAF: 58391372; WikiData: Q457716)
Bishop Vincent Mensah (born 19 Jul 1924, died 10 Mar 2010) Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo

Event Place
Birth Place Cotonou
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph School, Porto Novo, Diocese of Porto Novo

a priest for 57.2 years
a bishop for 39.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. †
Archbishop of Ouagadougou
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron †
Archbishop of Lomé
Archbishop Bernardin Gantin †
Archbishop of Cotonou

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. † (1960)
Archbishop of Ouagadougou
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 Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton † (1995)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cotonou
Ordained Bishop	St. Joseph School, Porto Novo, Diocese of Porto Novo

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 616

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