Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1934		Born
27 Jun 1965	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oyo, Nigeria
16 Nov 1972	38.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria
16 Nov 1972	38.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba
11 Feb 1973	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba
13 Apr 1973	38.4	Appointed	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria
4 Nov 2009	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria
24 Oct 2025	90.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Julius Babatunde Adelakun
Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun
(born 4 Nov 1934, died 24 Oct 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Oyo

Event Place
Birth Place Oniganbari, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
Ordained Bishop Oyo, Diocese of Oyo

a priest for 60.3 years
a bishop for 52.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †
Bishop of Oyo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun †
Bishop of Ekiti
Bishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie
Titular Bishop of Mascula

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † (1963)
Bishop of Oyo
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Bishop Francis Obafemi Adesina (1989)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (2007)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin (1995)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1712479

Source(s):

r: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,086
d: CB, 24 Oct 2025

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