Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 May 1918		Born	Ko
11 Feb 1951	32.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wa, Ghana
16 Mar 1960	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of Wa, Ghana
8 May 1960	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wa, Ghana
18 Nov 1974	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana
30 May 1977	59.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
26 Mar 1994	75.9	Retired	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
24 Mar 2006	87.9	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 2006	87.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina
28 Mar 2006	87.9	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina
6 Mar 2008	89.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

Consistory - 2006: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)

a priest for 57.1 years
a bishop for 47.8 years
a cardinal for 2.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †
Archbishop Fulton John Sheen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery † (1960)
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † (1925)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya
Bishop Paul Bemile
Bishop Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé
Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong
Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh
Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu †
Bishop James Kwadwo Owusu †
Bishop Frank Joseph Rodimer
Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson
Bishop Lucas Abadamloora

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