Background
EKANDEM, Higher Education Cardinal Dominic Ignatius was born in 1917 in Obio Ibiono, Cross River State. Son of Chief Paul Eno Ekandem Ubo and Nwa Ibong Umana Essien.
EKANDEM, Higher Education Cardinal Dominic Ignatius was born in 1917 in Obio Ibiono, Cross River State. Son of Chief Paul Eno Ekandem Ubo and Nwa Ibong Umana Essien.
Saint Paul’s Major Seminary, Enugu and Okpala, Owerrinta.
Ordained priest 1947. Assistant Priest, Ifuho and Afaha Obong. Rector of Minor Seminary.
Consecrated auxiliary Bishop of Calabar 1954.
Bishop of Ikot Ekpene since 1963. Apostolic Administration Portuguese Harcourt Diocese 1970-1973.
President Episcopal Conference of Nigeria 1973-1979. Crown Cardinal 1975; President Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West. Africa 1977.
Honorary Doctor of Divinity 1954; Honorary O.B.E. 1960.
Commander.
Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples, Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, Vatican Seer, for Non-Believers.