Bishop Gregory Obinna Ochiagha

Bishop Emeritus of Orlu

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Aug 1931		Born	Ibeme
31 Jul 1960	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Umuahia, Nigeria
29 Nov 1980	49.2	Appointed	Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria
6 Jan 1981	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria
25 Mar 2008	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Orlu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Cardinal Canestri
Bishop Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gregory Obinna Ochiagha (1981)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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:
Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Bishop Augustine Tochukwu Ukwuoma

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 25 Mar 2008

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