Robert Sarah
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- Works
- 19
Top works
- Aventurier de l'Esprit saint
- Dieu ou rien
- Song of the Lamb
- Joseph Ratzinger Benoît XVI et le ministère pétrinien
- Credo la Chiesa
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Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Appointed
- 23 November 2014
- Term ended
- 20 February 2021
- Predecessor
- Antonio Cañizares Llovera
- Successor
- Arthur Roche
- Other post
- Cardinal-Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (2021–present)
- Ordination
- 20 July 1969, by Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo
- Consecration
- 8 December 1979, by Giovanni Benelli
- Created cardinal
- 20 November 2010, by Benedict XVI
- Rank
- Cardinal-Deacon (2010–21) Cardinal-Priest (2021–present)
- Born
- ( 1945-06-15 ) 15 June 1945 (age 80) , Ourous, French Guinea
- Denomination
- Catholic ( Roman Rite )
- Education
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Article
Robert Sarah ([ʁɔbɛʁ saʁa]; born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20 February 2021. He previously served as secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples under Pope John Paul II and president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum under Pope Benedict XVI. He was made a cardinal in 2010.
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