Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop of Enugu

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1913		Born	Ifite Kkpo
27 Jul 1947	33.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
16 May 1961	47.4	Appointed	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
3 Sep 1961	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
7 Mar 1970	56.2	Appointed	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
17 Mar 1977	63.2	Died	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

a priest for 29.6 years
a bishop for 15.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. † (1961)
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli † (1951)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

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