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Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie 1973.04.13 – 2012.05.25 (Cardinal in 2003) Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins since 2012.05.25; Auxiliary Bishops
As archbishop, Okogie was president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, and from 1994 to 2000 headed the Bishops' Conference of Nigeria. Cardinal Okogie volunteered to die in place of a Muslim woman who had been condemned to death by stoning by an Islamic court for adultery.
Soon additional parishes were formed in Hamilton and St. Martin, Brown County. Reverend Emmanuel Thienpont pioneered many parishes in the archdiocese. [9] Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Cincinnati on June 19, 1821, taking all of Ohio from the Diocese of Bardstown. [10]
The latest Archbishop to be installed at the cathedral is Alfred Adewale Martins, who is incumbent since 2012. [ 5 ] By year-end 2016, the archdiocese counted 3,274,000 baptized out of a total population of 12,276,000 which corresponds to 26.7% of the total.
Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle (201, at left) served as Apostolic Delegate to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish–American War. Archbishop John Murphy Farley (218) was created a cardinal in 1911. Archbishop William Henry O'Connell (244) was the first cardinal to be archbishop of Boston.
343,675 Catholics (2021) in Archdiocese of Lagos (1860 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey) with 184 parishes under Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins (2012).
Later appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans [45] [46] Reverend William A. Irwin – Served with the Army in England, died in service [47] Reverend Alfred W. Johnson – Served with the Army in England, died in service [48] Reverend Francis J. McManus – Served with the Navy on the USS Canopus (AS-9) in the Philippines. Died ...
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