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Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu

Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City

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Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Benin City. a priest for years a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Amelio Poggi † Titular Archbishop of Cercina Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † Bishop of Benin City Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi Titular Bishop of Fallaba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Amelio Poggi † (1967) Titular Archbishop of Cercina Pope Paul VI (1954) (Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †) Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo Pope Benedict XV (1907) (Giacomo 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 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia (2003) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau (1972) Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † (1973) Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (1973) Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge (1974) Bishop Joseph O. Egerega † (1997) Bishop John ’Oke Afareha (1997) Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (2004) Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (2006)