Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande (1960-92)
Orders
Ordination
12 December 1943 by Burkhard Huwiler
Consecration
10 February 1952 by David James Mathew
Created cardinal
28 March 1960 by Pope John XXIII
Rank
Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Laurean Rugambwa
(1912-07-12)12 July 1912
Bukoba, German East Africa
Died
8 December 1997(1997-12-08) (aged 85) Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Previous post(s)
Vicar Apostolic of Lower Kagera (1951-53)
Titular Bishop of Febiana (1951-53)
Bishop of Rutabo (1953-60)
Bishop of Bukoba (1960-68)
Alma mater
Pontifical Urbaniana University
Motto
Mater boni consilii
Styles of Laurean Rugambwa
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
See
Dar es Salaam (emeritus)
Laurean Rugambwa (July 12, 1912 – December 8, 1997) was a Tanzanian prelate who was the first modern native African cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Dar es Salaam from 1968 to 1992, and was made a cardinal in 1960 by Pope John XXIII.
LaureanRugambwa (July 12, 1912 – December 8, 1997) was a Tanzanian prelate who was the first modern native African cardinal of the Catholic Church. He...
brother, Paulo Kishumba (1957-2021). He was given the name "Rugambwa" after LaureanRugambwa, who had become Tanzania's first cardinal a few weeks earlier...
Rugambwa is a surname. Some notable people with this surname are: LaureanRugambwa (1912–1997), Tanzanian Catholic cardinal Novatus Rugambwa (born 1957)...
counter-claims have been made in a report of Archbishop of Dar es Salaam LaureanRugambwa that alleged that the killings were carried out by FRELIMO combatants...
in 1952 under Bishop LaureanRugambwa, and had its preparatory seminary at Rutabo. On 31 March 1960 Pope John XXIII made Rugambwa the first Sub-Saharan...
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, following the resignation of Cardinal LaureanRugambwa. Pengo was proclaimed a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory...
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Flyweight division LaureanRugambwa, was the first modern African Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church...
ever cardinals from countries such as Japan (Peter Doi) and Tanzania (LaureanRugambwa). Unlike his predecessor, John XXIII held frequent consistories in...
1992 the ordinary peasants could not afford to pay the fees. Cardinal LaureanRugambwa (July 12, 1912 – December 8, 1997), the first African bishop in Tanzania...
1960, the College of Cardinals had its first Sub-Saharan African, LaureanRugambwa. By deliberate policy, John Paul II selected many Cardinals from Third...
received his episcopal consecration on June 2, 1974, from Cardinal LaureanRugambwa, with Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami and Archbishop André Perraudin, MAfr...
counter-claims have been made in a report of Archbishop of Dar es Salaam LaureanRugambwa that alleged that the killings were carried out by FRELIMO combatants...
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Member of Parliament 1990–2010 Patrick Chokala, ambassador to Russia LaureanRugambwa (1912–1997), cardinal, archbishop of Dar es Salaam Polycarp Pengo (born...
yielding the first African Roman Catholic Cardinal the late Cardinal LaureanRugambwa; they also adopted the European style of formal education earlier when...
Feb 1979, and received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop LaureanRugambwa on 24 May 1979. On 28 Nov 1998 Bishop Lebulu was appointed Bishop of...
1970. His appointment followed the promotion of the late Cardinal LaureanRugambwa to Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam. He remained in this position until...
1995 – 7 December 2017 Succeeded by Carlos Aguiar Retes Preceded by LaureanRugambwa Cardinal Priest of San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande 21 February...
cardinalatial title of Sancti Francisci Assisiensis ad Ripam Maiorem. LaureanRugambwa 31 March 1960 – 8 December 1997 Norberto Rivera Carrera 21 February...
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was a pastor in San Vittore. Maranta was succeeded a year later by LaureanRugambwa, who had become the first native African cardinal in 1960. He died...
his episcopal consecration in Nairobi on 31 December from Cardinal LaureanRugambwa. On 27 October 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio...
that country. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal LaureanRugambwa on December 31. Pirozzi participated in the first, second and fourth...
the first from Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Uruguay, and Venezuela; Rugambwa was the first native of Africa. John’s creation of cardinals at annual...
figures of his time, including Mulla Asghar, Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi, and LaureanRugambwa. Hussein Nasser settled in the town of Brampton, Ontario when he moved...
and was consecrated a bishop at Lira on 27 October 1968 by Cardinal LaureanRugambwa, Bishop of Bukoba, assisted by Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga...
Orders Ordination 15 December 1946 Consecration 30 October 1966 by LaureanRugambwa Created cardinal 24 May 1976 by Pope Paul VI Rank Cardinal-Priest Personal...