Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1908		Born
16 Apr 1944	36.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lagos, Nigeria
26 Jan 1957	48.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lagos, Nigeria
26 Jan 1957	48.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sigus
4 Aug 1957	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sigus
6 Jul 1965	57.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
8 Mar 1966	58.0	Installed	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
13 Mar 1972	64.0	Died	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
John Kwao Amuzu Aggey
Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey
(born 5 Mar 1908, died 13 Mar 1972)
Archbishop of Lagos

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Anecho, Prefecture Apostolic of Togo
Ordained Bishop Lagos, Archdiocese of Lagos
Death Place Lagos University Teaching, Hospital, Lagos, Archdiocese of Lagos

a priest for 27.9 years
a bishop for 14.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Vartana
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †
Archbishop of Lagos
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu †
Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. † (1934)
Archbishop of Lagos
Bishop Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. † (1930)
Titular Bishop of Ostracine
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. † (1918)
Titular Bishop of Petnelissus
Bishop Charles O’Sullivan † (1918)
Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Titular Archbishop of Methymna
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Bishop of Cork
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
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 Priest:
Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie (1966)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi † (1971)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A. † (1959)
Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † (1963)
Bishop Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. † (1964)
Francis Cardinal Arinze (1965)
Bishop Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. † (1967)
Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. † (1971)
Archbishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job (1971)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17380171

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 92
c1/i: CB, 4 Sep 2023

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