Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Awka, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Nov 1934		Born
21 Jul 1963	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria
6 Mar 1992	57.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
6 Mar 1992	57.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Augurus
30 May 1992	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Augurus
9 Sep 1994	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
17 Apr 2010	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
29 Aug 2014	79.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Awka, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Simon Akwali Okafor
(VIAF: 23713828; WikiData: Q127049)
Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (born 16 Nov 1934, died 29 Aug 2014) Bishop Emeritus of Awka

Event Place
Birth Place Ifitedunu
Ordained Priest Ifitedunu
Ordained Bishop Saint Patrick, Cathedral, Awka, Diocese of Awka

a priest for 51.1 years
a bishop for 22.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Port Harcourt
Principal Consecrator:
Francis Cardinal Arinze
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni della Pigna
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna †
Bishop of Awka
Bishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job
Bishop of Ibadan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francis Cardinal Arinze (1965)
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni della Pigna
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:
Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke (1992)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu (2001)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ifitedunu
Ordained Priest	Ifitedunu
Ordained Bishop	Saint Patrick, Cathedral, Awka, Diocese of Awka

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 17 Apr 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,919
d: CB, 1 Sep 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 12 Jun 2022

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