LC control no. | no2001044793 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Gantin, Bernardin |
Associated country | Benin |
Birth date | 1922-05-08 |
Death date | 2008-05-13 |
Place of birth | Abomey (Benin) |
Place of death | Paris (France) |
Field of activity | Religion |
Affiliation | Pontificia Università lateranense Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana Catholic Church. Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione Catholic Church |
Profession or occupation | Clergy, Black Cardinals |
Found in | Jean Zoa, prêtre, archevêque de Yaoundé, 2000: t.p. (Bernardin Gantin) p. 6 (cardinal) Times online WWW site, May 16, 2008 (Cardinal Bernardin Gantin; b. May 8, 1922, Dahomey; d. May 13, 2008, Paris; Africa's leading cardinal who was once the most powerful African prelate in the Vatican) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gantin, Bernardin; roman catholic bishop, roman catholic cardinal; born 08 May 1922 in Toffo, Benin; religious studies at Saint Peter's College in Rome; took courses at the Urban Pontifical University and the Lateran Pontifical University with degrees in theology and canon law (1954, 1955); auxiliary bishop of Cotonou byappointment of Pope Pius XII (1956); ordained in Rome in the Chapel of the Propagation of the Faith by the dean of the Sacred College (1957); first black archbishop in Africa (1960); assistant secretary of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in Rome; the first African prelate to be part of the papal court in Rome; secretary of Evangelization of Peoples and vice president of the Justice and Peace Commission and the Committee of Cor Unum (1975); honors include, distinguished Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor by the president of France (2003); posthumously given the Order of the Grand Cross, the highest distinction in the National Order of Benin; died 13 May 2008 in Paris, France) |
Associated language | fre |