Bishop Michael Ugwu Eneja †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1919		Born
29 Jul 1951	32.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria
12 Nov 1962	43.8	Incardinated	Priest of Enugu, Nigeria
10 Nov 1977	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
26 Feb 1978	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
8 Nov 1996	77.8	Retired	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
14 Nov 2008	89.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Michael Ugwu Eneja
Bishop Michael Ugwu Eneja
(born 1919, died 14 Nov 2008)
Bishop Emeritus of Enugu

Event Place
Birth Place Ibagwa-Ani
Ordained Bishop Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Enugu, Diocese of Enugu

a priest for 57.2 years
a bishop for 30.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione †
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Arinze
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Umuahia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione † (1968)
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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:
Archbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya † (1985)
Bishop Emmanuel Otteh † (1990)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 58413373
WikiData: Q1494886

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 46, Number 3,133
opd/inca: CB, 12 Jun 2021

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