Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe

Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia

Titular Archbishop of Suelli

Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti

Apostolic Delegate to Somalia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jul 1964		Born
13 Apr 1991	26.7	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Orlu, Nigeria
2 May 1992	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Orlu, Nigeria
22 Feb 2013	48.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Suelli
22 Feb 2013	48.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Apr 2013	48.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
27 Apr 2013	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Suelli
16 Jul 2013	48.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo
13 Jun 2020	55.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
12 Apr 2025	60.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia
3 Nov 2025	61.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti
3 Nov 2025	61.2	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Somalia

MicroData Summary
Brian Ngozi Udaigwe
Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe
(born 19 Jul 1964)
Apostolic Nuncio of Ethiopia

Event Place
Birth Place Tiko, Cameroon
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Ethiopia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Gregory Obinna Ochiagha †
Bishop of Orlu
Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Marc Armand Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S.
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Fernando Cardinal Filoni
Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A. (2015)
Bishop Aristide Gonsallo (2015)
Bishop Célestin-Marie Gaoua (2016)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antoine Sabi Bio (2014)
Archbishop Roger Houngbédji, O.P. (2016)
Bishop Dominique Banlène Guigbile (2017)
Bishop Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva (2023)
Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya (2024)
Bishop Peter Antony Wyman Croos (2024)
Bishop Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai (2025)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tiko, Cameroon
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 419159233922103370393
WikiData: Q5120442

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2013
ab: Bollettino, 8 Apr 2013
ob/c2: CB, 10 Apr 2013
c34: CB, 27 Apr 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 214, Number 17,776
ab: Bollettino, 16 Jul 2013
ab: Bollettino, 13 Jun 2020
ab: Bollettino, 12 Apr 2025
mn/c1: CB, 14 Apr 2025
ab: Bollettino, 3 Nov 2025

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