Bishop John Bogna Bakeni

Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Leptiminus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1975		Born
17 Aug 2002	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Maiduguri, Nigeria
12 Apr 2022	47.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
12 Apr 2022	47.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus
7 Jul 2022	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus

MicroData Summary
John Bogna Bakeni
Bishop John Bogna Bakeni
(born 15 Mar 1975)
Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri

Event Place
Birth Place Kiri, Diocese of Maiduguri

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Maiduguri.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso
Archbishop of Kaduna
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme
Bishop of Maiduguri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi (2011)
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1155159234275503371303
WikiData: Q111587309

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Apr 2022
ob: CB, 8 May 2022
c2: CB, 26 Jun 2022
c3+: CB, 7 Jul 2022

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