| LC control no. | n 84154675 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Arinze, Francis A. |
| Associated country | Nigeria |
| Birth date | 1932-11-01 |
| Place of birth | Anambra State (Nigeria) Eziowelle (Nigeria) |
| Field of activity | Philosophy Theology |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana Bigard Memorial Seminary (Enugu, Nigeria) Catholic Church. Catholic Bishops of Nigeria Catholic Church. Curia Romana Catholic Church. Diocese of Velletri-Segni |
| Profession or occupation | Priests Cardinals Teachers |
| Found in | Answering God's call, 1983, c1982: title page (Francis A. Arinze, Archbishop of Onitsha) LC data base, 12-17-84 (hdg.: Arinze, Francis A.) The church in dialogue, c1990: title page (Francis Cardinal Arinze) Building bridges, c2004: CIP title page (Cardinal Francis Arinze) foreword (b. 1932 in Nigeria) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Arinze, Francis; Roman Catholic Cardinal; born 01 November 1932 in Eziowelle, Nigeria; baptized into the Catholic church; earned a degree in philosophy from All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha, Nigeria (1950); studied theology at the Pontifical Urban University, Rome (1955); ordained a priest (1958); taught liturgy, logic, and basic philosophy at Bigard Memorial Seminary in Enugu (1961-1962); regional director for Catholic education for eastern Nigeria; completed his formal education at the Institute of Education, London (1964); ordained to the episcopate (1965) and became the youngest Catholic bishop in the world; named coadjutor to the archbishop of Onitsha, Charles Heerey (1967); president of the Nigerian Bishops Conference; named cardinal at the age of fifty-three (1985); president of the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops and member of the Committee of the Great Jubilee of the year 2000; Pope John Paul II appointed him prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, considered the fourth highest position in the Roman Catholic Church; received a gold medallion from the International Council of Christians and Jews (1999); member of the Roman Curia (the governing body of the church); one of 115 cardinal electors who selected German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (2005); named Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni) |
| Associated language | eng |
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