Bishop John Namaza Niyiring, O.S.A.

Bishop of Kano, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jun 1960		Born
12 Jul 1992	32.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of St. Augustine
20 Mar 2008	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kano, Nigeria
13 May 2008	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kano, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for John Namaza Niyiring
(WikiData: Q1701192)
Bishop John Namaza Niyiring O.S.A. (born 4 Jun 1960) Bishop of Kano

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

Event Place
Birth Place Zonkwa

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kano.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. †
Bishop of Kano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Renzo Fratini
Titular Archbishop of Botriana
Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso
Archbishop of Kaduna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. † (1971)
Bishop of Kano
Archbishop Amelio Poggi † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Cercina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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:
Bishop Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A. (2015)
Bishop Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh (2023)

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 20 Mar 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Number 15,741

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