Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke

Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Motto: Veni Sancte Spiritus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1963		Born
22 Aug 1992	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Awka, Nigeria
7 Dec 2012	49.7	Appointed	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
21 May 2013	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
19 Feb 2018	54.9	Resigned	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
5 Mar 2020	57.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria
29 Apr 2020	57.1	Installed	Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria
27 Aug 2022	59.4	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Aug 2022	59.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno
5 Feb 2023	59.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

MicroData Summary
Peter Ebere Okpaleke
Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke
(born 1 Mar 1963)
Bishop of Ekwulobia

Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop
Consistory - 2022: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Amesi, Archdiocese of Onitsha
Ordained Bishop Chapel, Seat of Wisdom, Seminary, Ulakwo, Archdiocese of Owerri

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Ekwulobia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor †
Titular Bishop of Augurus
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna
Archbishop of Owerri
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Archbishop of Jos
John Olorunfemi Cardinal Onaiyekan
Archbishop of Abuja

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna (1993)
Archbishop of Owerri
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (1992)
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Amesi, Archdiocese of Onitsha
Ordained Bishop	Chapel, Seat of Wisdom, Seminary, Ulakwo, Archdiocese of Owerri

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1563237

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2012
ob: CB, 29 Apr 2013
c2: CB, 21 May 2013
c34: CB, 23 May 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 214, Number 17,790
r: Bollettino, 19 Feb 2018
ab: Bollettino, 5 Mar 2020
i: CB, 28 Apr 2020
card: Bollettino, 29 May 2022
ab: Bollettino, 27 Aug 2022
i: Bollettino, 30 Jan 2023
c1: CB, 6 May 2024

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