Dominic Ekandem

Dominic Ignatius Ekandem (1917-1995), was a Roman Catholic cardinal and was the first West African Catholic Bishop.
A native of Cross River State, Ekandem attended several Catholic seminaries before he became a priest. He was ordained on December 7, 1947, and became the first priest from the old Calabar province. In April 1976, he was installed a cardinal.
==References==
*Toyin Falola, History of Nigeria
Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Category:Nigerian cardinals
Category:Nigerian Roman Catholics
Category:Cross River State
Category:1917 births
Category:1995 deaths
Category:Archbishops of Nigeria
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops
Category:Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI
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