Archbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin

Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria

Motto: Caritas Vincit Omnia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1949		Born
21 Apr 1979	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oyo, Nigeria
3 Mar 1995	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria
13 May 1995	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria
29 Oct 2013	64.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
29 Oct 2013	64.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Osogbo, Nigeria
24 Jan 2014	64.3	Installed	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
30 Jun 2016	66.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Osogbo, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin
Archbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin
(born 29 Sep 1949)
Archbishop of Ibadan

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

Event Place
Birth Place Iwere-Ile
Ordained Bishop Saint Benedict, Cathedral, Osogbo, Diocese of Osogbo

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Ibadan.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun †
Bishop of Oyo
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun †
Bishop of Oyo
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 John Akinkunmi Oyejola (2016)
Bishop Anselm Pendo Lawani (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (2007)
Bishop Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo (2014)
Bishop Anthony Ovayero Ewherido (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Iwere-Ile
Ordained Bishop	Saint Benedict, Cathedral, Osogbo, Diocese of Osogbo

External Link(s):

VIAF: 235783942
WikiData: Q1489922

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,591
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144, Number 12,667
ab: Bollettino, 29 Oct 2013
i: CB, 20 Jan 2014
ab: CB, 15 Apr 2014
c1: CB, 8 Mar 2026

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