Bishop Anthony Ekezia Ilonu †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Okigwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Nov 1937		Born	Ndiogbuonyeome
19 Dec 1964	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Umuahia, Nigeria
24 Jan 1981	43.2	Appointed	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
29 Mar 1981	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
22 Apr 2006	68.4	Resigned	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
17 Jun 2012	74.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Okigwe, Nigeria

a priest for 47.5 years
a bishop for 31.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Curis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Francis Cardinal Arinze
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anthony Ekezia Ilonu † (1981)
Archbishop Carlo Curis (1971)
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste Cardinal de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Antonio Cardinal Dugnani † (1785)
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
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):

r: Bollettino, 22 Apr 2006
d: CB, 18 Jun 2012

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