Bishop Joseph Oforishe Egerega †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Tanudaia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Mar 1940		Born
21 Dec 1969	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Warri, Nigeria
3 Mar 1997	56.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria
3 Mar 1997	56.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia
14 May 1997	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia
4 Apr 2009	69.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria
3 Feb 2013	72.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Joseph Oforishe Egerega
(WikiData: Q1707731)
Bishop Joseph Oforishe Egerega (born 20 Mar 1940, died 3 Feb 2013) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Eboh Orogun
Ordained Bishop Warri, Diocese of Warri

a priest for 43.1 years
a bishop for 15.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna †
Archbishop of Onitsha
Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu
Archbishop of Benin City

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jozef Cardinal Tomko † (1979)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
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 Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.N. (2008)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Eboh Orogun
Ordained Bishop	Warri, Diocese of Warri

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 4 Apr 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 12,999
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: CB, 4 Feb 2013
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)

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