Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins

Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

Motto: Called To Serve In Love

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jun 1959		Born
19 Feb 1983	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Lagos, Nigeria
18 Sep 1983	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lagos, Nigeria
24 Oct 1997	38.3	Appointed	Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria
24 Jan 1998	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria
25 May 2012	52.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
4 Aug 2012	53.1	Installed	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Alfred Adewale Martins
Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins
(born 1 Jun 1959)
Archbishop of Lagos

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Abeokuta, Archdiocese of Lagos
Ordained Deacon Holy Cross, Cathedral, Lagos, Archdiocese of Lagos
Ordained Priest Holy Cross, Cathedral, Lagos, Archdiocese of Lagos
Ordained Bishop Open Air, M.K.O. Abiola, Stadium, Abeokuta, Diocese of Abeokuta

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Lagos.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie
Archbishop of Lagos
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie
Archbishop of Lagos
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie
Archbishop of Lagos
Bishop Albert Ayinde Fasina †
Bishop of Ijebu-Ode

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (1992)
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo (2014)
Bishop Francis Obafemi Adesina (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye (2008)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 232214709
WikiData: Q2484130

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,225
ab: Bollettino, 25 May 2012
i: CB, 5 Aug 2012

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