Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †

Deceased

Archbishop of Jos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1937		Born	Pankshin
4 Jul 1965	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jos, Nigeria
17 May 1973	36.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Jos, Nigeria
17 May 1973	36.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cuicul
9 Sep 1973	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cuicul
5 Oct 1974	37.4	Appointed	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria
26 Mar 1994	56.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
11 Nov 1999	62.5	Died	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria

a priest for 34.4 years
a bishop for 26.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † (1973)
Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem † (1954)
Bishop James Moynagh, S.P.S. † (1947)
John Francis Cardinal D'Alton † (1942)
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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:
Bishop John Moore, S.M.A.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri

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