Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie

Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria

Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jun 1936		Born
11 Dec 1966	30.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lagos, Nigeria
5 Jun 1971	34.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria
5 Jun 1971	34.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mascula
29 Aug 1971	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mascula
19 Sep 1972	36.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lagos, Nigeria
13 Apr 1973	36.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
21 Oct 2003	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Oct 2003	67.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano
22 May 2004	67.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano
25 May 2012	75.9	Retired	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Anthony Olubunmi Okogie
(VIAF: 31325990; WikiData: Q546843)
Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie (born 16 Jun 1936) Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos

Consistory - 2003: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Lagos, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
Ordained Bishop Saint-Benoit, Cathedral, Oshogbo

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Lagos.

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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †
Archbishop of Lagos
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †
Bishop of Oyo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Anthony Saliu Sanusi †
Bishop of Ijebu-Ode
Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi †
Titular Bishop of Fallaba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † (1963)
Bishop of Oyo
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Deacon:
Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins (1983)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins (1983)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (1973)
Bishop Albert Ayinde Fasina † (1988)
Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (2004)
Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (2006)
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah (2011)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun (1973)
Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh (1988)
Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins (1998)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lagos, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Benoit, Cathedral, Oshogbo

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 25 May 2012
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 768, and Number 799
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1971, Number 100

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