Bishop Anthony Ovayero Ewherido

Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Oct 1960		Born
18 Oct 1986	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Warri, Nigeria
28 Dec 2022	62.2	Appointed	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
9 Feb 2023	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Anthony Ovayero Ewherido
Bishop Anthony Ovayero Ewherido
(born 8 Oct 1960)
Bishop of Warri

Event Place
Birth Place Eghwu, Diocese of Benin City
Ordained Bishop Holy Martyrs of Uganda Minor, Seminary, Effurun, Diocese of Warri

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Warri.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze †
Archbishop of Benin City
Archbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin
Archbishop of Ibadan

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: 54443001
WikiData: Q113769913

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Dec 2022
ob: CB, 2 Jan 2023
c2+: CB, 9 Feb 2023

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