Bishop Francis Ekka †

Deceased

Bishop of Raigarh

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 May 1909		Born	Ginabahar
14 Nov 1937	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Nov 1967	58.5	Appointed	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
30 Mar 1968	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
24 Apr 1971	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India
15 Mar 1984	74.8	Died	Bishop of Raigarh, India

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 16.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stanislaus Tigga †
Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Ekka † (1968)
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. † (1961)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J. †
Bishop James Anthony Toppo †
Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J. †

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