Polycarp Pengo
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Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Archdiocese
- Dar es Salaam
- Installed
- 22 July 1992
- Term ended
- 15 August 2019
- Predecessor
- Laurean Rugambwa
- Successor
- Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi
- Other post
- Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette
- Previous posts
- Bishop of Nachingwea (1983–1985) Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (1985–1990) Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar es Salaam (1990-1992) Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (1992–2019)
- Ordination
- 20 June 1971, by Charles Msakila
- Consecration
- 6 January 1984, by John Paul II
- Created cardinal
- 21 February 1998, by John Paul II
- Rank
- Cardinal Priest
- Born
- Polycarp Pengo , ( 1944-08-05 ) 5 August 1944, Mwazye, Rukwa Region , Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania)
- Died
- 19 February 2026 (2026-02-19) (aged 81), Dar Es Salaam , Tanzania
- Buried
- Pugu , Dar Es Salaam
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Motto
- Ecce ego domine , (Here I am, Lord)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tanzania
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Educated at
- Pontifical Lateran University
- Languages spoken
- Swahili
- Native language
- Swahili
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2005 conclave
- Image
- Polycarp Cardeal Pengo.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1944-08-05
- Commons category
- Polycarp Pengo
- consecrator
- Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
- P8168
- Yuen Long
- date of death
- 2026-02-19
- honorific prefix
- His Eminence
- name in native language
- Polycarp Pengo
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Encyclopedic overview
Polycarp Pengo (5 August 1944 – 19 February 2026) was a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, from 1992 to 2019. A bishop from 1983, he was made a cardinal in 1998.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polycarp Pengo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.