Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan

Archbishop of Abuja

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jan 1944		Born	Kabba
3 Aug 1969	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Sep 1982	38.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
10 Sep 1982	38.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda
6 Jan 1983	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda
20 Oct 1984	40.7	Appointed	Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
7 Jul 1990	46.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria
28 Sep 1992	48.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria
26 Mar 1994	50.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Abuja.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (1983)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Ekwoy Apochi
Bishop Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.
Bishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri
Bishop Matthew Ishaya Audu
Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke
Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia
Bishop John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye
Bishop William Avenya

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