Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor

Bishop of Awka, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Sep 1952		Born
30 Jun 1984	31.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Awka, Nigeria
20 Jan 2007	54.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
20 Jan 2007	54.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tetci
28 Apr 2007	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tetci
8 Jul 2011	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor
Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor
(born 13 Sep 1952)
Bishop of Awka

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Nanka

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Awka.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna †
Bishop of Awka
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Renzo Fratini
Titular Archbishop of Botriana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Valerian Maduka Okeke
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu
Bishop of Okigwe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Renzo Fratini (1993)
Titular Archbishop of Botriana
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Jonas Benson Okoye (2014)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2063908

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 20 Jan 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 189, Number 15,409
ab: Bollettino, 8 Jul 2011

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