Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Umuahia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1912		Born	Oguta
29 Jul 1945	33.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
19 Feb 1959	47.1	Appointed	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
17 May 1959	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
2 Apr 1990	78.3	Retired	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
12 Feb 2000	88.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Umuahia, Nigeria

a priest for 54.5 years
a bishop for 40.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. † (1959)
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 Mark Onwuha Unegbu †
Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †
Bishop Michael Ugwu Eneja
Bishop Anthony Ekezia Ilonu
Bishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji
Bishop Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp.

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