Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu

Bishop of Minna, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Sep 1950		Born
14 Dec 1980	30.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Ilorin, Nigeria
27 Sep 1981	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ilorin, Nigeria
5 Jul 1996	45.8	Appointed	Bishop of Minna, Nigeria
30 Nov 1996	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Minna, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu
Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu
(born 9 Sep 1950)
Bishop of Minna

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

Event Place
Birth Place Ozubulu
Ordained Deacon Holy Trinity, Cathedral, Onitsha, Archdiocese of Onitsha
Ordained Bishop Saint Michael, Cathedral, Minna, Diocese of Minna

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Minna.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Francis Arinze
Archbishop of Onitsha
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William Mahony, S.M.A. †
Bishop of Ilorin
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau †
Archbishop of Kaduna
Bishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P. †
Bishop of Ilorin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (1992)
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Luka Sylvester Gopep (2021)
Bishop Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1575330

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,867
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Additions/Corrections (front)

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