John Olorunfemi Cardinal Onaiyekan

Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

Cardinal-Priest of San Saturnino

Motto: Fiat Voluntas Tuas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jan 1944		Born
3 Aug 1969	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lokoja, Nigeria
10 Sep 1982	38.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
10 Sep 1982	38.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda
6 Jan 1983	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda
20 Oct 1984	40.7	Appointed	Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
7 Jul 1990	46.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria
28 Sep 1992	48.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria
26 Mar 1994	50.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
24 Nov 2012	68.8	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Nov 2012	68.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Saturnino
7 Apr 2013	69.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Saturnino
3 Jul 2013	69.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara, Nigeria
19 Feb 2018	74.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara, Nigeria
9 Nov 2019	75.7	Retired	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
John Olorunfemi Cardinal Onaiyekan
(born 29 Jan 1944)
Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop
Consistory - November 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Kabba, Diocese of Lokoja
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Church, Kabba, Diocese of Lokoja
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Abuja.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Lokoja
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo †
Titular Archbishop of Thagora
Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Ekwoy Apochi (2003)
Bishop Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu (2006)
Bishop Anselm Umoren, M.S.P.N. (2012)
Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah (2013)
Bishop Michael Gobal Gokum (2014)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P. † (1992)
Bishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri † (1995)
Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu (2001)
Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke (2002)
Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia (2003)
Bishop John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye (2005)
Bishop William Amove Avenya (2009)
Bishop Peter Iorzuul Adoboh † (2013)
Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kabba, Diocese of Lokoja
Ordained Priest	Sacred Heart, Church, Kabba, Diocese of Lokoja
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 71090011
WikiData: Q716749

Source(s):

card: Bollettino, 24 Oct 2012
ab: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2012
i: Bollettino, 3 Apr 2013
ab: Bollettino, 3 Jul 2013
loc: AM, 1 Mar 2018
r: Bollettino, 9 Nov 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 77, Number 6,243

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