Archbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1921		Born
20 Dec 1953	32.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria
9 Mar 1985	63.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
11 May 1985	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
25 Feb 1995	73.9	Retired	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
12 Nov 1996	75.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Stephen Nweke Ezeanya
(VIAF: 77721415; WikiData: Q2344998)
Archbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya (born 31 Mar 1921, died 12 Nov 1996) Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha

Event Place
Birth Place Nnokwa
Ordained Bishop Holy Trinity, Cathedral, Onitsha, Archdiocese of Onitsha

a priest for 42.8 years
a bishop for 11.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Arinze
Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet †
Titular Archbishop of Sinna
Bishop Michael Ugwu Eneja †
Bishop of Enugu

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Arinze (1965)
Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Bishop of Ross
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Denis Chidi Isizoh (1985)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Emmanuel Otteh † (1990)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Nnokwa
Ordained Bishop	Holy Trinity, Cathedral, Onitsha, Archdiocese of Onitsha

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 92, Number 7,833

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