Bishop Joseph Sunday Ajomo †

Deceased

Bishop of Lokoja

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jun 1939		Born	Ogori
19 Dec 1964	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Mar 1992	52.7	Appointed	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
3 May 1992	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
21 Jun 2004	65.0	Died	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria

a priest for 39.5 years
a bishop for 12.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi
Bishop Egidio Caporello

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Sunday Ajomo † (1992)
Jozef Cardinal Tomko (1979)
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 Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.
Bishop Michael Ekwoy Apochi

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 131, Number 11,772
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)

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