Bishop Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo

Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

Titular Bishop of Mediana

Apostolic Administrator of Abakaliki

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Oct 1966		Born
22 Jul 2000	33.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Enugu, Nigeria
25 May 2018	51.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
25 May 2018	51.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mediana
31 Aug 2018	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mediana
12 Apr 2026	59.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Abakaliki, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo
Bishop Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo
(born 24 Oct 1966)
Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu

Event Place
Birth Place Awha-Imezi, Diocese of Enugu
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Church, Ozalla, Diocese of Enugu

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Enugu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Valerian Maduka Okeke
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga
Bishop of Enugu

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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Awha-Imezi, Diocese of Enugu
Ordained Bishop	St. Paul, Church, Ozalla, Diocese of Enugu

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q54152527

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 25 May 2018
ob: CB, 10 Jun 2018
ob: CB, 21 Aug 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 237, Number 19,842
ab: CB, 13 Apr 2026

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