Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M.

Archbishop of Durban

Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Mar 1941		Born	Swartberg
25 Jul 1970	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
29 Nov 1980	39.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
28 Feb 1981	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
29 Mar 1992	51.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
21 Feb 2001	60.0	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 2001	60.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Durban.

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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dominic J. Khumalo, O.M.I. †
Bishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M.
Bishop Fritz Lobinger
Bishop William Slattery, O.F.M.
Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer
Bishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.
Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.
Bishop Barry Wood, O.M.I.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Themba Mngoma †
Bishop Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M.
Bishop Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu
Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwana

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