Bishop David Ajang

Bishop of Lafia, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1970		Born
3 Dec 1994	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jos, Nigeria
31 Mar 2021	51.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lafia, Nigeria
24 Jun 2021	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lafia, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
David Ajang
Bishop David Ajang
(born 31 Mar 1970)
Bishop of Lafia

Event Place
Birth Place Zaria
Ordained Bishop St. William's, Cathedral, Lafia, Diocese of Lafia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lafia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †
Archbishop of Jos
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu
Archbishop of Jos
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Archbishop of Abuja

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi (2011)
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zaria
Ordained Bishop	St. William's, Cathedral, Lafia, Diocese of Lafia

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q106300108

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 Mar 2021
ob: CB, 11 May 2021
c2+: CB, 24 Jun 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 248, Number 20,686
c1: CB, 11 Nov 2025

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