Archbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1921		Born	Nnokwa
20 Dec 1953	32.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria
9 Mar 1985	63.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
11 May 1985	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
25 Feb 1995	73.9	Retired	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
12 Nov 1996	75.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria

a priest for 42.9 years
a bishop for 11.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francis Cardinal Arinze
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paul Fouad Tabet
Bishop Michael Ugwu Eneja

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya † (1985)
Francis Cardinal Arinze (1965)
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 Emmanuel Otteh

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