Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †

Deceased

Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1937		Born
4 Jul 1965	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jos, Nigeria
17 May 1973	35.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Jos, Nigeria
17 May 1973	35.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cuicul
9 Sep 1973	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cuicul
5 Oct 1974	37.3	Appointed	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria
2 Feb 1975	37.6	Installed	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria
26 Mar 1994	56.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
11 Nov 1999	62.4	Died	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka
Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka
(born 24 May 1937, died 11 Nov 1999)
Archbishop of Jos

Event Place
Birth Place Pankshin, Diocese of Jos
Ordained Priest Fatima, Cathedral, Jos, Diocese of Jos
Ordained Bishop Stadium, Jos, Diocese of Jos
Death Place New Rochelle, NY, USA
Buried Place (Original) Our Lady of Fatima, Cathedral, Jos, Archdiocese of Jos

a priest for 34.3 years
a bishop for 26.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Joseph Reddington, S.M.A. †
Bishop of Jos
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †
Bishop of Ikot Ekpene
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Umuahia
Bishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu †
Bishop of Benin City

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem † (1954)
Bishop of Ikot Ekpene
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Philip Davou Dung (1984)
Bishop Malachy John Goltok † (1990)
Bishop Michael Gobal Gokum (1991)
Bishop David Ajang (1994)
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme (1997)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Francis Moore, S.M.A. † (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri † (1995)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pankshin, Diocese of Jos
Ordained Priest	Fatima, Cathedral, Jos, Diocese of Jos
Ordained Bishop	Stadium, Jos, Diocese of Jos
Death Place	New Rochelle, NY, USA
Buried Place (Original)	Our Lady of Fatima, Cathedral, Jos, Archdiocese of Jos

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5515648

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,227
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,475
loc: CB, 11 Nov 2025

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