Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu

Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization

Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva

Note(s): (First Evangelization and New Particular Churches)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 May 1960		Born
17 Jun 1984	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Umuahia, Nigeria
2 Apr 1990	29.8	Incardinated	Priest of Aba, Nigeria
12 Nov 2012	52.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
12 Nov 2012	52.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva
6 Jan 2013	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles
4 Nov 2017	57.4	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Antilles
27 Feb 2018	57.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles
27 Feb 2018	57.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles
27 Feb 2018	57.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles
9 Mar 2018	57.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles
8 Sep 2018	58.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles
17 Dec 2021	61.6	Appointed	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
15 Mar 2023	62.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization

MicroData Summary for Fortunatus Nwachukwu
(VIAF: 89629338; WikiData: Q1439109)
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu (born 10 May 1960) Secretary of Evangelization

Event Place
Birth Place Ntigha
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Dicastery for Evangelization.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Umuahia
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Benedict XVI
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski †
Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola in Carcere

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Neil Sebastian Ricardo Scantlebury (2021)
Bishop Alain René Ransay (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ntigha
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Nov 2012
c34: CB, 3 Jan 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Number 17,625
ab: Bollettino, 4 Nov 2017
ab: Bollettino, 27 Feb 2018
ab: Bollettino, 9 Mar 2018
ab: Bollettino, 8 Sep 2018
ab: Bollettino, 17 Dec 2021

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