Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye

Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1963		Born
29 Aug 1992	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Awka, Nigeria
30 May 2014	51.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
30 May 2014	51.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Masclianae
29 Aug 2014	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Masclianae
9 Nov 2021	58.7	Appointed	Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria
10 Feb 2022	59.0	Installed	Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Jonas Benson Okoye
Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye
(born 25 Jan 1963)
Bishop of Nnewi

Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kaduna
Ordained Priest St. Andrew's, Church, Adazi, Diocese of Awka
Ordained Bishop Saint Patrick, Cathedral, Awka, Diocese of Awka

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Nnewi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna †
Bishop of Awka
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Augustine Kasujja
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Valerian Maduka Okeke
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor
Bishop of Awka

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Augustine Kasujja (1998)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1981)
Archbishop of Kampala
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga † (1966)
Archbishop of Kampala
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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: 311237660
WikiData: Q17123868

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 30 May 2014
ob/c2+: CB, 17 Jun 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 220, Number 18,277
ab: Bollettino, 9 Nov 2021
i: AM, 13 Dec 2021
c1: CB, 20 Mar 2024

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