Anthony Sanusi

Anthony Saliu Sanusi ( born January 2, 1911 in Iperu, Nigeria, † December 7, 2009 in Nigeria) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Ijebu -Ode in Nigeria.

Life

Anthony Saliu Sanusi was ordained priest on 17 December 1944 in Lagos, Nigeria.

On 29 May 1969 he was Paul VI. appointed the first bishop of the newly established Diocese of Ijebu -Ode. Pope Paul VI. even donated to him on 1 August 1969, the episcopal ordination in Kampala. Co-consecrators were the secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and later Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli and the Archbishop of Kampala and later Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga.

After the death of John Kwao Amuzu Aggey 1972 he was also Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Lagos. His resignation was accepted in 1984 by Pope John Paul II.

Bishop Sanusi, called Baba, built in his diocese Ijebu Ode six secondary schools and 46 primary schools, all for free later passed into the possession of the state. Five private primary schools and two secondary schools remained in ecclesiastical jurisdiction, also the two that it initiates hospitals. He was the initiator of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSP).

He was at the time of his death, the fifth oldest bishop of the Catholic Church and the oldest bishop in Nigeria.