Bishop Francis Ekka †

Deceased

Bishop of Raigarh, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 May 1909		Born
14 Nov 1937	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Nov 1967	58.5	Appointed	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
30 Mar 1968	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
24 Apr 1971	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India
15 Mar 1984	74.8	Died	Bishop of Raigarh, India

MicroData Summary for Francis Ekka
(WikiData: Q64735633)
Bishop Francis Ekka (born 25 May 1909, died 15 Mar 1984) Bishop of Raigarh

Event Place
Birth Place Ginabahar
Ordained Bishop Pro-Cathedral, Kunkuri, Diocese of Raigarh-Ambikapur

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 15.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stanislaus Tigga †
Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur
Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. †
Bishop of Dumka

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. † (1961)
Archbishop of Ranchi
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J. † (1971)
Bishop James Anthony Toppo † (1971)
Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J. † (1978)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 420

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