Robert Sarah

Quotes

• “The Holy Spirit is the One Who, through the imposition of hands and the anointing of the sacred chrism during Confirmation, clothes the Christian with divine strength and makes him become the fragrance of Christ in every place.”
• “We bishops ought to tremble at the thought of our guilty silences, our complicit silences, our over-indulgent silences in dealing with the world.”
• “When he drapes himself in silence, as God himself dwells in a great silence, man is close to heaven, or, rather, he allows God to manifest himself in him.”
• “At the heart of man there is an innate silence, for God abides in the innermost part of every person.”
• “It is true, Archbishop Tchidimbo was very strict, intensely upright, and endlessly demanding. He used to come visit us at the minor seminary in Kindia. I remember that he insisted on the importance of spiritual qualities, and especially good character, moral integrity, and honesty. I can still hear him thunder to the class: "The first reason to expel a seminarian is for duplicity, the second, for duplicity, and the third, for duplicity."”
• “On that September morning I spent more than an hour with John Paul II. During the meal he asked me my age. I told him that I was thirty-four years old. He then let out a great burst of laughter and exclaimed: "But then you are a baby bishop! Un vescovo Bambino!" There was no arguing with that; I was at that time the youngest bishop in the world...”

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Key facts

Church

Catholic Church

Appointed

23 November 2014

Term ended

20 February 2021

Predecessor

Antonio Cañizares Llovera

Successor

Arthur Roche

Other post

Cardinal-Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (2021–present)

Ordination

20 July 1969, by Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo

Consecration

8 December 1979, by Giovanni Benelli

Created cardinal

20 November 2010, by Benedict XVI

Rank

Cardinal-Deacon (2010–21) Cardinal-Priest (2021–present)

Born

( 1945-06-15 ) 15 June 1945 (age 80) , Ourous, French Guinea

Denomination

Catholic ( Roman Rite )

Education

Pontifical Gregorian University ( Licentiate, Theology ) Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Licentiate, Sacred Scriptures)

Motto

Latin : Sufficit tibi gratia mea , lit. ' My grace is sufficient for thee '

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