Bishop William Amove Avenya

Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jun 1955		Born
30 May 1981	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Makurdi, Nigeria
28 Nov 2008	53.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
28 Nov 2008	53.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania
24 Jan 2009	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania
29 Dec 2012	57.5	Appointed	Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria
24 Feb 2013	57.6	Installed	Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria
17 Feb 2020	64.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
1 Jul 2022	67.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for William Amove Avenya
(WikiData: Q1382449)
Bishop William Amove Avenya (born 21 Jun 1955) Bishop of Gboko

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ishangev Tiev
Ordained Bishop Ape Aku, Stadium, Makurdi, Diocese of Makurdi

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Gboko.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh †
Bishop of Makurdi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
Archbishop of Abuja
Archbishop Renzo Fratini
Titular Archbishop of Botriana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh † (1988)
Bishop of Makurdi
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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:
Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F. (2014)
Bishop Isaac Bundepuun Dugu (2022)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ishangev Tiev
Ordained Bishop	Ape Aku, Stadium, Makurdi, Diocese of Makurdi

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Number 16,047
ab: Bollettino, 29 Dec 2012
ab: CB, 19 Feb 2020

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