Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1917²		Born
7 Dec 1947	30.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Calabar, Nigeria
7 Aug 1953	36.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria
7 Aug 1953	36.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
7 Feb 1954	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
1 Mar 1963	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria
21 Apr 1970	53.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
1973²	56.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
24 May 1976	59.3	Elevated to Cardinal
24 May 1976	59.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
6 Nov 1981	64.8	Appointed	Superior of Abuja, Nigeria
19 Jun 1989	72.4	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Abuja, Nigeria
28 Sep 1992	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria
24 Nov 1995	78.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Dominic Ignatius Ekandem
(VIAF: 38380863; WikiData: Q1237587)
Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem (born 1917, died 24 Nov 1995) Bishop Emeritus of Abuja

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1976: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Obio Ibiono, Prefecture Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}
Ordained Bishop Calabar, Diocese of Calabar
Death Place Abuja, Archdiocese of Abuja

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 41.7 years
a cardinal for 19.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Moynagh, S.P.S. †
Bishop of Calabar
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Thelepte
Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Buéa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Moynagh, S.P.S. † (1947)
Bishop of Calabar
Archbishop John Francis D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † (1973)
Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh (1988)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey † (1957)
Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. † (1960)
Bishop Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. † (1961)
Francis Cardinal Arinze (1965)
Archbishop Brian David Usanga † (1966)
Bishop Mark Onwuha Unegbu † (1970)
Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi † (1971)
Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo † (1971)
Bishop Ephraim Silas Obot † (1971)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Obio Ibiono, Prefecture Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}
Ordained Bishop	Calabar, Diocese of Calabar
Death Place	Abuja, Archdiocese of Abuja

Source(s):

c3+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 6

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