Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu †

Deceased

Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 May 1898		Born
8 Dec 1930	32.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
15 Feb 1957	58.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
15 Feb 1957	58.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Maeandrum
9 Jun 1957	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Maeandrum
12 Nov 1962	64.5	Appointed	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
5 Jul 1967	69.1	Died	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for John of the Cross Anyogu
(WikiData: Q4917484)
Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu (born 2 May 1898, died 5 Jul 1967) Bishop of Enugu

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Onitsha, Archdiocese of Onitsha
Ordained Bishop Onitsha, Archdiocese of Onitsha
Death Place Onitsha, Archdiocese of Onitsha

a priest for 36.5 years
a bishop for 10.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Robert Knox †
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Onitsha
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †
Archbishop of Lagos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey † (1957)
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. † (1959)
Bishop Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † (1964)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 73

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