Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Oct 1931		Born
7 Jul 1963	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Benin City, Nigeria
5 Jun 1971	39.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria
5 Jun 1971	39.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Castabala
21 Nov 1971	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Castabala
5 Jul 1973	41.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria
26 Mar 1994	62.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
21 Nov 2006	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
6 Aug 2024	92.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Patrick Ebosele Ekpu
Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu
(born 26 Oct 1931, died 6 Aug 2024)
Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City

Event Place
Birth Place Uromi
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Benin City, Diocese of Benin City
Death Place Benin City, Archdiocese of Benin City

a priest for 61.0 years
a bishop for 52.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amelio Poggi †
Titular Archbishop of Cercina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †
Bishop of Benin City
Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi †
Titular Bishop of Fallaba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Amelio Poggi † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Cercina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia (2003)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau † (1972)
Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † (1973)
Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (1973)
Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge (1974)
Bishop Joseph Oforishe Egerega † (1997)
Bishop John Okeoghene Afareha † (1997)
Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (2004)
Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (2006)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 9135953
WikiData: Q2057553

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 21 Nov 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 841
d: CB, 6 Aug 2024

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