Archbishop Valerian Okeke

Archbishop of Onitsha

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Oct 1953		Born	Unudioka
11 Jul 1981	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Onitsha, Nigeria
9 Nov 2001	48.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
9 Feb 2002	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
1 Sep 2003	49.9	Succeeded	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Onitsha.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Francis Cardinal Arinze
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna †
Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Valerian Okeke (2002)
Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla (1991)
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:
Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo
Bishop Callistus Valentine Onaga

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Number 14,130

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