YAGO, Bernard (1916-1997)

Birth. July, 1916, Pass, diocese of Yopougon, Ivory Coast.

Education. Seminary of Abidjan, Abidjan; Catholic Institute, Paris.

Priesthood. Ordained, May 1, 1947. Faculty member of Minor Seminary of Bingerville and director of the Pre-Seminary École de Petit Clerics, 1947-1956. Pastoral work in Abidjan, 1956-1957. Further studies, Paris, 1957-1959. Counselor of the Catholic Action, Abidjan, 1959-1960.

Episcopate. Elected metropolitan archbishop of Abidjan, April 5, 1960. Consecrated, May 8, 1960, patriarchal Vatican basilica, by Pope John XXIII, assisted by Napoléon-Alexandre La Brie, titular bishop of Ilta, national director of the Pontifical Missionary Work of Canada, French sector, and by Fulton John Sheen, titular bishop of Cesariana, auxiliary of New York, national director of the Pontifical Missionary Work of the United States of America. In the same ceremony were consecrated future Cardinals Paul Zougrana, M.Afr., archbishop of Ouagadougou; Jérôme Rakotomalala, archbishop of Tananarive; and Peter Poreku Dery, bishop of Wa. Attended the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965. Attended the I Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 29, 1967; I Extraordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 11 to 28, 1969; II Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to November 6, 1971; III Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 27 to October 26, 1974; V Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 26 to October 25, 1980.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 2, 1983; received the red biretta and the title of S. Crisogono, February 2, 1983. Attended the VI Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 28, 1983; II Extraordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 24 to December 8, 1985. Resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese, December 19, 1994. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned 80 years of age, July 1996. He was the first cardinal from Ivory Coast.

Death. October 5, 1997, Abidjan. Buried in St. Paul's metropolitan cathedral, Abidjan.

Bibliography. Grah Mel, Frédéric. Bernard Yago, le cardinal inattendu. s.l. : Presses des universités de Côte d'Ivoire, 1998; Lébry, Léon Francis. Bernard Cardinal Yago : passioné de Dieu et de l'homme. Abidjan : NEI : Fraternité Matin, 1997.

YÜ PIN, Paul (1901-1978)

Birth. April 13, 1901, Hai-lun, vicariate apostolic of Kirin, Heilungkinang, Manchuria, China. Son of Shuayuan Yu Pin and Ai-mei Siao. He was baptized in 1914.

Education. Provincial Normal School, Heilunkiang; Aurora University, Shanghai; Seminary of Kirin, Kirin; Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide," Rome; Pontifical Roman Athenaem "S. Apollinare", Rome; Royal University, Perugia.

Priesthood. Ordained, December 22, 1928, Rome by Giuseppe Palica, titular archbishop of Filippi, vice gerent of Rome. Faculty member of the Pontifical Urbanian Ahenaeum "De Propaganda Fide," 1929-1933. National director of Catholic Action and inspector general of Catholic Schools in China, 1933-1936.

Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Sozusa di Palestina and appointed vicar apostolic of Nanking, July 17, 1936. Consecrated, September 20, 1936, Peiping, by Mario Zanin, titular archbishop of Traianopoli di Rodope, apostolic delegate in China, assisted by Simon Tchu, S.J., titular bishop of Lesvi, vicar apostolic of Haimen, and by Paul Leo Cornelius Montague, C.M., titular bishop of Sidima, vicar apostolic of Peiping. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Nanking when the vicariate was elevated to the metropolitan rank, April 11, 1946. Expelled from his see by the Communist regime, 1949. Rector magnifico of Fujen University, Taiwan, 1961. Attended the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965.

Cardinal. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 28, 1969; received the red biretta and the title of Gesù Divin Lavoratore, April 30, 1969. Resigned the rectorship and was named grand chancellor, August 5, 1978.

Death. August 16, 1978, Rome, during the first sede vacante of 1978. Buried, metropolitan cathedral, Taipei, Formosa.

Bibliography. Code, Bernard. Dictionary of the American Hierarchy (1789-1964). New York : Joseph F. Wagner, 1964, p. 448.

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