Bishop Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu

Bishop of Okigwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Dec 1950		Born	Ukpo
7 Oct 1978	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Awka, Nigeria
22 Dec 2000	50.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
22 Dec 2000	50.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sabrata
28 Apr 2001	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sabrata
28 May 2005	54.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
22 Apr 2006	55.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Okigwe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna †
Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu (2001)
Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla (1991)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor

Source(s):

s: Bollettino, 22 Apr 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 163, Number 13,966

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