Bishop Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga

Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1958		Born
8 Aug 1987	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Enugu, Nigeria
9 Feb 2009	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
2 May 2009	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga
Bishop Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga
(born 29 Sep 1958)
Bishop of Enugu

Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Agbudu
Ordained Bishop Holy Ghost, Cathedral, Enugu, Diocese of Enugu

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Enugu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Renzo Fratini
Titular Archbishop of Botriana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Valerian Maduka Okeke
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji
Bishop Emeritus of Enugu

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 Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo (2018)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1027334

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Feb 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,167
mn: CB, 14 Jul 2018

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