Edmund Fitzgibbon (Roman Catholic Bishop)
- Edmund Fitzgibbon (Roman Catholic Bishop)
Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon (born 15 March, 1925 is the retired Bishop of the Diocese of Warri in Nigeria. He was born in Ballylegan, County Cork, Ireland. He was ordained a priest on 9 April, 1950 for his St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions. On 20 November, 1975 he was appointed Titular Bishop for Forum Traiani (Titular See) and Apostolic Administrator for what is now the Diocese of Port Harcourt and for what later became the Diocese of Warri [ [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfitzg.html Ordination of Bishop Fitzgibbon] ] . He was ordained a bishop on 12 July, of the same year. The Principal Consecrator was Cardinal Agnelo Rossi; his Principal Co-Consecrators were Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, and Bishop James Moynagh. On 31 August, 1991, he was appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Warri. He retired in 2005
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