Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jan 1930		Born
21 Dec 1963	33.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria
10 Nov 1977	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
5 Feb 1978	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
9 Sep 1994	64.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
25 Feb 1995	65.0	Succeeded	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
1 Sep 2003	73.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
11 May 2011	81.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Albert Kanene Obiefuna
(VIAF: 23848301; WikiData: Q268570)
Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna (born 30 Jan 1930, died 11 May 2011) Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha

Event Place
Birth Place Oraukwu
Ordained Bishop Awka, Diocese of Awka

a priest for 47.3 years
a bishop for 33.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione †
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Arinze
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Mark Onwuha Unegbu †
Bishop of Owerri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione † (1968)
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor (1984)
Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye (1992)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bede Vincent Heather † (1979)
Archbishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem (1989)
Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji (1990)
Bishop Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp. † (1990)
Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor † (1992)
Bishop Joseph Oforishe Egerega † (1997)
Bishop John ’Oke Afareha (1997)
Bishop Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu (2001)
Archbishop Valerian Maduka Okeke (2002)
Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke (2002)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 54, Number 3,887

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