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Nigeria

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained
Priest		YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
18 May 1944 Archbishop Girolamo PrigioneApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to México
17 Dec 1944 Bishop Anthony Saliu SanusiBishop Emeritus of Ijebu-Ode
13 Jul 1947 Archbishop Carlo CurisApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
9 Apr 1950 Bishop Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S.Bishop Emeritus of Warri
29 Jul 1951 Bishop Michael Ugwu EnejaBishop Emeritus of Enugu
17 Jul 1955 Bishop Senan Louis O'Donnell, O.S.A.Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri
25 Feb 1956 Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.Bishop Emeritus of Kano
22 Dec 1956 Archbishop Paul Fouad TabetApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
23 Nov 1958 Francis Cardinal ArinzePrefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia
23 Nov 1958 Bishop Anthony Okonkwo GbujiBishop of Enugu
31 Jul 1960 Bishop Gregory O. OchiaghaBishop Emeritus of Orlu
30 Jul 1961 Bishop Emmanuel OttehBishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku
Most Junior
1 Jul 1995 Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.Auxiliary Bishop of Idah
24 Jul 1993 Bishop John Ebebe AyahBishop of Ogoja
12 Jul 1992 Bishop John Niyiring, O.S.A.Bishop of Kano
23 Jun 1990 Bishop Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.Auxiliary Bishop of Bomadi
9 Sep 1989 Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo DuniaBishop of Auchi
3 Oct 1987 Bishop Augustine Obiora AkubezeBishop of Uromi
4 Jul 1987 Bishop Charles M. HammawaBishop of Jalingo
4 Jul 1987 Bishop Felix Femi AjakayeCoadjutor Bishop of Ekiti
4 Oct 1986 Archbishop Matthew Man-oso NdagosoArchbishop of Kaduna
19 Jul 1986 Bishop Michael Ekwoy ApochiBishop of Otukpo
4 Jan 1986 Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese BadejoCoadjutor Bishop of Oyo
18 Aug 1984 Bishop Michael Odogwu ElueBishop of Issele-Uku

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