Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji

Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Oct 1931		Born
23 Nov 1958	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
5 Jul 1973	41.6	Appointed	Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
30 Sep 1973	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
8 Nov 1996	65.0	Appointed	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
9 Feb 2009	77.2	Retired	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
31 May 2010	78.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Benin City, Nigeria
18 Mar 2011	79.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Benin City, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji
Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji
(born 29 Oct 1931)
Bishop Emeritus of Enugu

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ubulu-Uku
Ordained Bishop Issele-Uku, Diocese of Issele-Uku

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Enugu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie
Archbishop of Lagos
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Arinze
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu †
Bishop of Benin City

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1971)
Archbishop of Lagos
Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † (1963)
Bishop of Oyo
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Valerian Maduka Okeke (2002)
Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia (2003)
Bishop John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye (2005)
Bishop Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q573721

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 9 Feb 2009
ab: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,477

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