Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson

Quotes

• “The story of my vocation is very simple. Maybe every priestly vocation comes out of an apparently trivial reason, but then grows and clarifies in the seminary. A vocation is a bit like the starter mechanism of a car, the spark that starts the engine.”

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Key facts

Church

Catholic Church

Appointed

4 April 2022

Predecessor

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo

Other post

Cardinal Priest of San Liborio (2003–)

Previous posts

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)

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

Born

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson , ( 1948-10-11 ) 11 October 1948 (age 77) , Wassaw Nsuta, Gold Coast

Denomination

Catholic ( Latin Church )

Alma mater

St. Teresa's Seminary, Amisano St. Peter's Regional Seminary, Pedu St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary ( MA , MDiv ) Pontifical Biblical Institute ( STL )

Motto

Vivere Christus est (To live is Christ)

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Wikidata facts

Image

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