Bishop Luka Sylvester Gopep

Auxiliary Bishop of Minna, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jul 1965		Born
31 Jan 1998	32.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Minna, Nigeria
9 Dec 2020	55.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Minna, Nigeria
9 Dec 2020	55.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena
20 Feb 2021	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena

MicroData Summary
Luka Sylvester Gopep
Bishop Luka Sylvester Gopep
(born 14 Jul 1965)
Auxiliary Bishop of Minna

Event Place
Birth Place Kalin Nemel
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, St. Michael's, Cathedral, Minna, Diocese of Minna

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Minna.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso
Archbishop of Kaduna
Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu
Bishop of Minna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi (2011)
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q104055047

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Dec 2020
ob: CB, 2 Feb 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 247, Number 20,606

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