His Eminence Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie (born 16 June 1936) is a Nigerian prelate, Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lagos in the Roman Catholic Church. June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... This article is about the city in Nigeria. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. ...

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Okogie was born to a royal family in Uromi Edo State. His Father was one of the various sons of King Ogbidi Okojie of Uromi,"Ogbidi the Great"^{[citation needed]}. Okogie was ordained as a priest on 11 December 1966. He holds a licentiate in sacred theology, and had planned to study in Rome, but was called to Nigeria where he was a pastoral assistant at the Holy Cross Cathedral. After being drafted into the Nigerian army, where he was a chaplain. After another period of service at Holy Cross Cathedral, he was an instructor at King's College. December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... A chaplain is typically a member of the clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church; lay chaplains are also found in some settings such as universities. ... There are a number of institutions known as Kings College: Kings College London, a college of the University of London Kings College, Aberdeen, a college in Aberdeen, Scotland Kings College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge Kings College a private boarding secondary...

In 1971, he was ordained titular Bishop of Mascula and Auxiliary of Oyo, and in 1973 named Archbishop. As Archbishop, Okogie was the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, and, from 1994 to 2000, headed the Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Oyo (OÌ£yoÌ£ in Yoruba orthography, pronounced ) is the name for a Yoruba city in modern-day Nigeria and also the loose empire which that city controlled in the 17th and 18th centuries. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 October 2003, and holds the title of Cardinal Priest of Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel of Mostacciano. During his cardinalate, Okogie was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II) born   [] (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as Pope of the Catholic... // Antiquity Originally, the Latin word consistorium meant simply sitting together, just as the Greek syn(h)edrion (from which the Biblical sanhedrin was a corruption). ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following were the cardinal electors in the 2005 papal conclave. ... The Papal conclave of 2005 was convoked due to the death of Pope John Paul II on April 2, 2005. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

External links

• Biography at catholic-pages.com