Bishop Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1915		Born
27 Jul 1947	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
7 Sep 1950	34.7	Professed	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
16 May 1961	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
3 Sep 1961	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
7 Mar 1970	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
17 Mar 1977	61.2	Died	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye
(VIAF: 26352287; WikiData: Q13605333)
Bishop Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye C.S.Sp. (born 19 Dec 1915, died 17 Mar 1977) Bishop of Enugu

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

Event Place
Birth Place Ifite Kkpo, Archdiocese of Onitsha
Ordained Bishop Port Harcourt, Diocese of Port Harcourt
Death Place Enugu, Diocese of Enugu

a priest for 29.6 years
a bishop for 15.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor † (1963)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ifite Kkpo, Archdiocese of Onitsha
Ordained Bishop	Port Harcourt, Diocese of Port Harcourt
Death Place	Enugu, Diocese of Enugu

Source(s):

c2+: CB
mn: CB, 8 Mar 2019
by: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1977, Page 176
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 61, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 110

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