Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah

Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Aug 1952		Born
19 Dec 1976	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kaduna, Nigeria
10 Jun 2011	58.7	Appointed	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
8 Sep 2011	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Matthew Hassan Kukah
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah
(born 31 Aug 1952)
Bishop of Sokoto

Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kulu

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sokoto.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie
Archbishop of Lagos
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso
Archbishop of Kaduna
Bishop Kevin Joseph Aje †
Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kulu

External Link(s):

VIAF: 5084910
WikiData: Q1344568

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Jun 2011
ob: CB, 20 Jun 2011
c23: CB, 8 Sep 2011
c34: CB, 11 Sep 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 207, Number 17,135

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