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Oldest and Youngest Bishops

BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
unknown Father John Francis Brown, S.M.A.Superior Emeritus of Kano
unknown Father Thomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S.Superior Emeritus of Bomadi
2 Jan 1911 Bishop Anthony Saliu SanusiBishop Emeritus of Ijebu-Ode
12 Oct 1921 Archbishop Girolamo PrigioneApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to México
2 Nov 1923 Archbishop Carlo CurisApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
1 Mar 1925 Bishop Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S.Bishop Emeritus of Warri
1927 Bishop Emmanuel OttehBishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku
24 Feb 1927 Bishop Senan Louis O'Donnell, O.S.A.Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri
30 Jan 1930 Archbishop Albert Kanene ObiefunaArchbishop Emeritus of Onitsha
1931 Archbishop Peter Yariyok JatauArchbishop Emeritus of Kaduna
31 Aug 1931 Bishop Gregory Obinna OchiaghaBishop Emeritus of Orlu
26 Oct 1931 Archbishop Patrick Ebosele EkpuArchbishop Emeritus of Benin City
Youngest
13 Oct 1964 Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.Bishop of Idah
1 Oct 1962 Bishop Charles M. HammawaBishop of Jalingo
25 May 1962 Bishop Felix Femi AjakayeCoadjutor Bishop of Ekiti
13 Jul 1961 Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese BadejoCoadjutor Bishop of Oyo
13 Dec 1960 Bishop Oliver Dashe DoemeBishop of Maiduguri
6 Aug 1960 Bishop Michael Ekwoy ApochiBishop of Otukpo
4 Jun 1960 Bishop John Namanzah Niyiring, O.S.A.Bishop of Kano
3 Jan 1960 Archbishop Matthew Man-oso NdagosoArchbishop of Kaduna
10 Dec 1959 Bishop John Ebebe AyahBishop of Ogoja
7 Jun 1959 Bishop Matthew Ishaya AuduBishop of Lafia
1 Jun 1959 Bishop Alfred Adewale MartinsBishop of Abeokuta
29 Sep 1958 Bishop Callistus Valentine OnagaBishop of Enugu

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