Bishop Anselm Umoren, M.S.P.N.

Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Scampa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Apr 1962		Born
18 Jun 1988	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria
8 Nov 2011	49.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria
8 Nov 2011	49.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Scampa
2 Feb 2012	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Scampa

MicroData Summary
Anselm Umoren
Bishop Anselm Umoren M.S.P.N.
(born 14 Apr 1962)
Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja

Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ukana Nto

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Abuja.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
Archbishop of Abuja
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo †
Archbishop of Calabar
Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.N.
Bishop of Idah

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (1983)
Archbishop of Abuja
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q569590

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Nov 2011
ob: CB, 19 Dec 2011
c2+: CB, 5 Feb 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 209, Number 17,250

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