Bishop John ’Oke Afareha

Bishop of Warri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1947		Born	Oleh
30 Dec 1973	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Warri, Nigeria
3 Mar 1997	50.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
3 Mar 1997	50.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mina
14 May 1997	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mina
29 Mar 2010	63.1	Appointed	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
30 Mar 2010	63.1	Installed	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Warri.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna †
Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John ’Oke Afareha (1997)
Jozef Cardinal Tomko (1979)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 29 Mar 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,000
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Additions/Corrections (front)

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