Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor

Bishop of Awka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Nov 1934		Born	Ifitedunu
21 Jul 1963	28.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Mar 1992	57.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
6 Mar 1992	57.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Augurus
30 May 1992	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Augurus
9 Sep 1994	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Awka.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Francis Cardinal Arinze
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna
Archbishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (1992)
Francis Cardinal Arinze (1965)
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 Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu

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