Bishop Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Warri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Dec 1925		Born	Ibusa
2 Feb 1958	32.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Mar 1964	38.2	Appointed	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
24 May 1964	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
10 Sep 1983	57.7	Resigned	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
21 Apr 1996	70.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

a priest for 38.2 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu †
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † (1964)
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli † (1951)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun

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