Bishop Kevin Joseph Aje

Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Apr 1934		Born	Amper
12 Jun 1966	32.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jos, Nigeria
15 Oct 1982	48.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
6 Jan 1983	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
3 Dec 1984	50.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
10 Jun 2011	77.1	Retired	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sokoto.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A. †
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Kevin Joseph Aje (1983)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A.
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 10 Jun 2011
c1: CB, 12 Jun 2011

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Conclaves | Consistories | Councils

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2012
code: v2.8.1, 5 Sep 2012; data: 8 Sep 2012