Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.

Archbishop of Benin City

Apostolic Administrator of Warri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Feb 1949		Born	Clonmel, Ireland
1 Oct 1971	22.6	Professed	Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
7 Jun 1973	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
18 May 1975	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
6 Dec 1995	46.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
6 Jan 1996	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
3 Mar 1997	48.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
24 Dec 2007	58.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
24 Dec 2007	58.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria
7 Mar 2008	59.1	Installed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Benin City.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop James Kavanagh †
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Moynagh, S.P.S. †
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Jorge María Cardinal Mejía

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (1996)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw 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 Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.

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