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Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Umuahia

Events

a priest for 54.5 years a bishop for 40.7 years

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

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927) Archbishop of Onitsha Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920) Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897) Bishop of Ross Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870) Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly) Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850) Archbishop of Dublin Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Pope Gregory XVI (1831) (Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †) Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Ordained Priest: Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu (1984) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Mark Onwuha Unegbu † (1970) Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † (1973) Bishop Michael Ugwu Eneja † (1978) Bishop Anthony Ekezia Ilonu † (1981) Bishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji (1990) Bishop Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp. (1990)