Peter Poreku Dery
Ghanaian cardinal and archbishop emeritus of Tamale
Who they were
The son of a traditional Dagaaba priest, he was baptised at Christmas 1932, ordained in 1951, made the first bishop of Wa in 1960 and archbishop of Tamale in 1977, and was created cardinal in 2006.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause received the nihil obstat on 13 July 2013 and the diocesan inquiry opened in the archdiocese of Tamale on 9 May 2015.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.