Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 May 1918		Born
11 Feb 1951	32.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wa, Ghana
16 Mar 1960	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of Wa, Ghana
8 May 1960	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wa, Ghana
18 Nov 1974	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
30 May 1977	59.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
26 Mar 1994	75.8	Retired	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
24 Mar 2006	87.8	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 2006	87.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina
28 Mar 2006	87.8	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina
6 Mar 2008	89.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

MicroData Summary for Peter Poreku Dery
(VIAF: 8924535; WikiData: Q326523)
Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery (born 10 May 1918, died 6 Mar 2008) Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale

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 - 2006: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)

Event Place
Birth Place Ko

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 47.8 years
a cardinal for 1.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †
Bishop of Tamale
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John XXIII
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †
Titular Bishop of Hilta
Bishop Fulton John Sheen †
Titular Bishop of Caesariana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya † (1975)
Bishop Paul Bemile (1995)
Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D. (1999)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † (1963)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé (1969)
Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (1970)
Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh † (1971)
Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu † (1973)
Bishop James Kwadwo Owusu † (1973)
Bishop Frank Joseph Rodimer † (1978)
Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson (1993)
Bishop Lucas Abadamloora † (1994)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ko

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 44
op: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2008, Page 47*
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 193, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)

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