Ghanaian cardinal of the Catholic Church (born 1948)
His Eminence
Peter Turkson
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Turkson in 2017
Church
Catholic Church
Appointed
4 April 2022
Predecessor
Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Other post(s)
Cardinal Priest of San Liborio (2003–)
Orders
Ordination
20 July 1975 by John Kodwo Amissah
Consecration
27 March 1993 by Dominic Kodwo Andoh
Created cardinal
21 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II
Rank
Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
(1948-10-11) 11 October 1948 (age 75)
Wassaw Nsuta, Gold Coast
Nationality
Ghanaian
Denomination
Catholic (Roman Rite)
Previous post(s)
Archbishop of Cape Coast (1992–2009)
President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2009–2017)
Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (2017–2021)
Alma mater
St. Teresa's Seminary- Amisano, Ghana
Motto
Vivere Christus est (To live is Christ)
Coat of arms
Styles of Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (born 11 October 1948) is a Ghanaian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences since 2022.[1] He was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 2009 to 2017 and the inaugural prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development from 2017 to 2021.[2]
Turkson was Archbishop of Cape Coast from 1992 to 2009. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003. He has been widely regarded as papabile, that is, a candidate for election to the papacy. The Tablet described him in 2013 as "one of Africa's most energetic church leaders".[3]
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