Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu †

Deceased

Bishop of Enugu

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 May 1898		Born	Onitsha
8 Dec 1930	32.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria
15 Feb 1957	58.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
15 Feb 1957	58.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Maeandrum
9 Jun 1957	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Maeandrum
12 Nov 1962	64.5	Appointed	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
5 Jul 1967	69.2	Died	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

a priest for 36.6 years
a bishop for 10.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
James Robert Cardinal Knox †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu † (1957)
James Robert Cardinal Knox † (1953)
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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:
Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu †

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