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Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1945-)

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Gender
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Origin
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Active from
1924-03-27
Active to
1990-04-03
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  • 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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Robert Sarah ([ʁɔbɛʁ saʁa]; born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20 February 2021. He previously served as secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples under Pope John Paul II and president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum under Pope Benedict XVI. He was made a cardinal in 2010.

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