Reverend Father Emeka Emmanuel Ekwelum, MSSCC is from Nigeria and moved to the United States in 2019. He was the first child born to Mr. Emmanuel Emeka Ekwelum and Mrs. Nkiruka Eunice Ekwelum.

He attended Father Cloonan Memorial Nursery and Primary School, Onitsha; the Learning Field International School, Housing Estate, Onitsha; Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha; Claretian Institute of Philosophy, Nekede, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria; and Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary, Ulakwo, Owerri, IMO State.

The date of his First Religious Profession was August 24, 2010; his Perpetual Profession date was September 15, 2014, Diaconate Ordination, February 7, 2015; and Priestly Ordination, August 8, 2015.

His religious congregation is Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Founded in Secondigliano, Napoli in Italy by St. Gaetano Errico).