Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Umuahia, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1912²		Born
29 Jul 1945	33.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
19 Feb 1959	47.1	Appointed	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
17 May 1959	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
2 Apr 1990	78.2	Retired	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
12 Feb 2000	88.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Umuahia, Nigeria

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Anthony Gogo Nwedo
(WikiData: Q5547591)
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo C.S.Sp. (born 1912, died 12 Feb 2000) Bishop Emeritus of Umuahia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Oguta, Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}
Ordained Bishop Aba

a priest for 54.5 years
a bishop for 40.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Onitsha
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Owerri
Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu †
Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Maeandrum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Bishop of Ross
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu (1984)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Mark Onwuha Unegbu † (1970)
Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † (1973)
Bishop Michael Ugwu Eneja † (1978)
Bishop Anthony Ekezia Ilonu † (1981)
Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji (1990)
Bishop Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp. † (1990)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Oguta, Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}
Ordained Bishop	Aba

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 43
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)

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