Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Raipur, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jul 1923		Born
10 Aug 1956	33.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
10 Nov 1977	54.3	Appointed	Bishop of Ambikapur, India
26 Feb 1978	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ambikapur, India
20 Oct 1984	61.2	Appointed	Bishop of Raipur, India
15 Feb 1991	67.5	Resigned	Bishop of Raipur, India
16 May 1991	67.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Raipur, India

MicroData Summary
Philip Ekka
Bishop Philip Ekka S.J.
(born 22 Jul 1923, died 16 May 1991)
Bishop Emeritus of Raipur

Event Place
Birth Place Talora
Ordained Bishop Ambikapur, Diocese of Ambikapur

a priest for 34.7 years
a bishop for 13.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. †
Archbishop of Calcutta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Bishop Francis Ekka †
Bishop of Raigarh

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † (1962)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. † (1982)
Archbishop Paschal Topno, S.J. † (1986)
Bishop Victor Kindo † (1986)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5547996

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 58, Number 4,298

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