Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.N.

Bishop of Idah, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Oct 1964		Born
3 Dec 1994	30.1	Professed	Member of Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria
1 Jul 1995	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria
28 Jun 2007	42.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
28 Jun 2007	42.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turuda
22 Sep 2007	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Turuda
1 Jun 2009	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Anthony Ademu Adaji
Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji M.S.P.N.
(born 13 Oct 1964)
Bishop of Idah

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

Event Place
Birth Place Ukpaba

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Idah.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Renzo Fratini
Titular Archbishop of Botriana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Archbishop of Jos
Archbishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job
Archbishop of Ibadan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Renzo Fratini (1993)
Titular Archbishop of Botriana
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anselm Umoren, M.S.P.N. (2012)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q572678

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Number 15,516
ab: Bollettino, 1 Jun 2009

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