Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F.

Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jun 1966		Born
8 Sep 1988	22.2	First Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
13 Sep 1993	27.2	Perpetual Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
1 Jul 1995	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
31 May 2017	50.9	Appointed	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
17 Aug 2017	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Hilary Nanman Dachelem
Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem C.M.F.
(born 3 Jun 1966)
Bishop of Bauchi

Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Makurdi
Ordained Bishop Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall, Bauchi, Diocese of Bauchi

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bauchi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Archbishop of Jos
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna
Archbishop of Owerri
Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F.
Bishop of Makurdi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama (1995)
Archbishop of Jos
Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. † (1971)
Bishop of Yola
Archbishop Amelio Poggi † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Cercina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Christopher Naseri-Mutiti Naseri (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q30097217

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 May 2017
ob: CB, 6 Jun 2017
c2+: CB, 17 Aug 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 233, Number 19,498

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