Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
See
Velletri-Segni
Appointed
1 October 2002
Term ended
9 December 2008
Predecessor
Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez
Successor
Antonio Cañizares Llovera
Other post(s)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni
Orders
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 (1985–96)
Cardinal-Priest (1996–2005)
Cardinal-Bishop (2005–)
Personal details
Born
(1932-11-01) 1 November 1932 (age 91)
Onitsha, Colony of Nigeria, British Empire
Nationality
Nigerian
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
Coadjutor Bishop of Onitsha (1965–1967)
Titular Bishop of Fissiana (1965–1967)
Archbishop of Onitsha (1967–1985)
President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (1979–1984)
Pro-Prefect of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (1984–1985)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni della Pigna (1985–1996)
President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (1985–2002)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni della Pigna (1996–2005)
Motto
Regnum Christi floreat
(May the Kingdom of Christ flourish)
Coat of arms
Styles of Francis Arinze
Reference style
His Eminence
The Most Reverend Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
Francis Arinze//ⓘ (born 1 November 1932) is a Nigerian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008 and before that led the Secretariat for Non-Christians (later renamed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue) from 1984 to 2002.
He has been a cardinal since 1985 and the Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni since 2005. Arinze was one of the principal advisors to Pope John Paul II and was considered papabile at the papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.
FrancisArinze // (born 1 November 1932) is a Nigerian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline...
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Calabar, Ibadan, Jos, Kaduna, Lagos, Onitsha, and Owerri. Cardinal FrancisArinze is a Roman Catholic Cardinal from Nigeria. The ecclesiastical provinces...
Anambra State and ordained to the priesthood on 11 July 1981 by cardinal FrancisArinze, who was then the Archbishop of Onitsha. After his ordination, he worked...
Monastery in England. On 22 March 1998, upon the recommendation of Cardinal FrancisArinze, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. His feast day is 20 January...
The move has been welcomed by some.[who?] On 29 June 2008, Cardinal FrancisArinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of...
the cardinal bishops (to which the cardinal patriarchs were added). Pope Francis has, in addition, co-opted five cardinals of the Latin Church to join the...
term "consequentialism" into the English language. Wife of Peter Geach FrancisArinze: Nigerian Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship...
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From October 1–6, 1996 he met with Pope John Paul II and Cardinal FrancisArinze at the Holy See in Rome. On August 17, 1997, he was presented the Luminosa...
Monastery in England; Pope John Paul II beatified him in 1998 Cardinal FrancisArinze – once considered a potential Pope Peter Cardinal Okpaleke - Roman Catholic...
detailed information may also be found in an interview given by Cardinal FrancisArinze. Bühren, Ralf van (January 2018). "Ralf van Bühren, "Die Bildausstattung...
about twenty-three kilometers east of Onitsha. The Vatican Cardinal FrancisArinze is a native of Ezoiwelle. Eziowelle is in Idemili North Local Government...
Owerri. It has about 19 million members in Nigeria in 2005. Cardinal FrancisArinze is a Catholic cardinal from Nigeria. In 2020, the pope appointed a Nigerian...
rights of peoples, respect of cultures and religions. Nigerian Cardinal FrancisArinze, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, requested...
Parkinson's disease by the time the 2005 papal conclave was convened. FrancisArinze – speculated by some media reports as a highly favoured successor to...
in Mill Valley, CA. In 1995 Tiso was invited to accompany Cardinal FrancisArinze, then head of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, to...
Heerey was succeeded as Archbishop in Onistsha by the now Cardinal FrancisArinze. The Archbishop Charles Heerey Memorial College of Nursing Sciences...
and likely to be a dominant force in Catholic politics for some time. FrancisArinze, a Nigerian Cardinal and adviser to Pope John Paul II, was considered...
from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2017. "Arinze Card. Francis". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 19 September...
5 December 2004. The papal bull was signed and executed by Cardinal FrancisArinze, prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline...
Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. see above 18 April 1950 – 26 June 1967 Archbishop FrancisArinze 1967.06.26 – 1985.03.09, already appointed Pro-Prefect of the Secretariat...
the Communion rite in a sitting position.[citation needed] Cardinal FrancisArinze, the Prefect of the Congregation from 2002 until 2008, wrote in December...
March 2004 over the signature of the Congregation's prefect, Cardinal FrancisArinze. It was designed to aid bishops in implementing the Roman Missal, issued...
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