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Francis Arinze
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catholic cardinal from Nigeria
Key facts
- See
- Velletri-Segni
- Appointed
- 1 October 2002
- Term ended
- 9 December 2008
- Predecessor
- Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez
- Successor
- Antonio Cañizares Llovera
- Other post
- Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni
- Ordination
- 23 November 1958, by Gregorio Pietro Agagianian
- Consecration
- 29 August 1965, by Charles Heerey
- Created cardinal
- 25 May 1985, by Pope John Paul II
- Rank
- Cardinal deacon (1985–1996) Cardinal priest (1996–2005) Cardinal bishop (since 2005)
- Born
- ( 1932-11-01 ) 1 November 1932 (age 93) , Onitsha , Colony of Nigeria , British Empire
- Motto
- Regnum Christi floreat ( literal translation</span>"}]]}'>lit. ' May the Kingdom of Christ flourish ' )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Occupation
- television producer
- Educated at
- Seton Hall University
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2005 conclave
- Image
- Card. Francis Arinze.jpg
- Motto
- Regnum Christi floreat
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- Commons category
- Francis Arinze
- date of birth
- 1932-01-01
- consecrator
- Dominic Ekandem
- ethnic group
- Nigerians
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- Cherkessk
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Encyclopedic overview
Francis Arinze (// ; born 1 November 1932) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as the Prefect of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1984 to 2002 and Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008. He previously served as the Archbishop of Onitsha from 1967 to 1985 and as the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria from 1979 to 1984. Arinze is the current Cardinal Bishop of Velletri–Segni since 2005 and was one of the principal advisors to Pope John Paul II and was considered papabile at the 2005 Papal conclave. According to Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Arinze is the only surviving council father among the few who went from Nigeria to the Second Vatican Council.
Born in Eziowelle, Anambra State, Nigeria, Arinze was made a cardinal in 1985 and named Cardinal-bishop of Velletri-Segni in 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francis Arinze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.