Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo-Bolgatanga

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1922		Born	Kolo
27 May 1950	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Navrongo, Ghana
16 Nov 1972	50.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana
16 Nov 1972	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fallaba
31 Mar 1973	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fallaba
13 Apr 1973	50.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana
14 Mar 1994	71.5	Retired	Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
7 Jul 2001	78.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana

a priest for 51.1 years
a bishop for 28.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery †
Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu † (1973)
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah † (1957)
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928)
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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:
Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya
Bishop Lucas Abadamloora

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