About Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka
Lived 1937 – 1999 (aged 62). Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka was a Nigerian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka was the Roman Catholic Bishop (later Archbishop) of Jos, Nigeria.
Born 24 May 1937 in Pankshin, he was ordained a priest on 4 July 1965. On 17 May 1973, aged 36, he was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Jos and as titular Bishop of Cuicul. He was consecrated on 9 September 1973 by Cardinal Dominic Ekandem.
On 2 February 1975, he was appointed Bishop of Jos. On 26 March 1994, aged 56, he was elevated to Archbishop.
Ganaka died on 11 November 1999, aged 62. On 2014, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos opened his cause for beatification naming him a Servant of God.
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Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka was born on 24 May 1937 in Pankshin.
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Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka died on 11 November 1999 in New York City.
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Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka was Nigerian.
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