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Key facts
- Church
- Roman Catholic Church
- Archdiocese
- Durban
- See
- Durban
- Appointed
- 29 May 1992
- Term ended
- 9 June 2021
- Predecessor
- Denis Eugene Hurley
- Successor
- Siegfried Jwara
- Other post
- Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia (2001–present)
- Ordination
- 25 July 1970, by John Evangelist McBride
- Consecration
- 28 February 1981, by Denis Hurley
- Created cardinal
- 21 February 2001, by Pope John Paul II
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest
- Born
- Wilfrid Fox Napier , ( 1941-03-08 ) 8 March 1941 (age 85) , Matatiele , Cape , Union of South Africa (modern- South Africa )
- Denomination
- Catholic ( Roman Rite )
- Motto
- Pax et Bonum , ("Peace and all good")
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilfrid
- Family name
- Napier
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Western Cape
- Occupation
- friar
- Educated at
- UCLouvain
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2005 conclave
- Image
- Wilfrid Napier.jpg
- Religious order
- Order of Friars Minor
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- date of birth
- 1941-03-08
- Commons category
- Wilfrid Napier
- consecrator
- Andrew Zolile T. Brook
- name in native language
- Wilfrid Fox Napier
- social media followers
- 23569
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (born 8 March 1941) is a South African Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Durban from 1992 to 2021. He was made a cardinal in 2001. He served as Bishop of Kokstad from 1981 to 1992 and is a member of the Order of Friars Minor.
Biography
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