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Bernardin Gantin
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Beninese Catholic prelate and Servant of God (1922–2008)
Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- See
- Ostia
- Installed
- 5 June 1993
- Retired
- 30 November 2002
- Predecessor
- Agnelo Rossi
- Successor
- Joseph Alois Ratzinger
- Ordination
- 14 January 1951, by Louis Parisot
- Consecration
- 3 February 1957, by Eugène Tisserant
- Created cardinal
- 27 June 1977, by Pope Paul VI
- Rank
- Cardinal-Bishop
- Born
- ( 1922-05-08 ) 8 May 1922, Toffo , Benin
- Died
- 13 May 2008 (2008-05-13) (aged 86), Paris , France
- Education
- Pontifical Urbaniana University Pontifical Lateran University
- Motto
- In tuo sancto servitio , ( Latin for ' In your holy service ' )
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church
- Title as saint
- Servant of God
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Benin
- Place of birth
- Toffo
- Place of death
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- auxiliary bishop
- Educated at
- Pontifical Urbaniana University
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- August 1978 conclave
- Image
- Gantin Portrait.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bernardin Gantin
- date of birth
- 1922-05-08
- date of death
- 2008-05-13
- canonization status
- Servant of God
- feast day
- May 13
- P8168
- A Little Woman
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernardin Gantin (8 May 1922 – 13 May 2008) was a Beninese Catholic prelate who held senior positions in the Roman Curia for twenty years and the highest position in the College of Cardinals for nine years. His prominence in the hierarchy of the Church was unprecedented for an African and has been equaled by few non-Italians.
He began his career in his native country first as an auxiliary bishop and then as Archbishop of Cotonou. In 1971, he began his thirty-year career in the Curia. After he had spent several years in the role of senior assistant, he held a series of senior positions as president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, and prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops.
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