Birth. April 15, 1892, Castelnuovo Scrivia, diocese of Tortona, Italy .
Education. Seminary of Stazzano, Stazzano; Seminary of Tortona, Tortona; Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare", Rome; University of Pavia, Pavia.
Priesthood. Ordained, July 4, 1915. Military chaplain during the First World War, 1915-1919. Pastoral work in the diocese of Rome, 1919-1962. Staff member in the S.C. for the Discipline of the Sacraments, 1924-1939. Privy chamberlain of His Holiness, June 30, 1932. Domestic prelate of His Holiness and prelate of the Supreme Tribunal of Apostolic Signature, April 23, 1939. Undersecretary of the S.C. for the Discipline of the Sacraments, May 5, 1939; secretary, December 18, 1958.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Colosse, August 28, 1962. Consecrated, September 21, 1962, patriarchal Lateran basilica, Rome, by Pope John XXIII, assisted by Francesco Carpino, titular archbishop of Sardica, assessor of the S.C. Consistorial, and by Pietro Parente, titular archbishop of Teolemaide di Tebaide, assessor of the Supreme S.C. of the Holy Office. In the same ceremony were consecrated future Cardinals Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P., Pietro Palazzini, and Enrico Dante. Attended the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 1965; received the red biretta and the title of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore in Piazza Navona, deaconry elevated pro illa vice to title, February 25, 1965. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned 80 years of age, April 15, 1972.
Death. July 11, 1973, Rome. Buried in Castelnuovo Scrivia.
Birth. September 3, 1917, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso).
Education. Seminary of Kuomi, Kuomi; Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; Catholic Institute, Paris.
Priesthood. Ordained, May 2, 1942, Rome, Pastoral ministry in Ouagadougou, 1942-1948. Joined the Society of Missionaries of Africa, 1948, Ouagadougou. Further studies, 1948-1953. Faculty member of the Seminary of Koumi, 1954-1959. Pastoral ministry in Ouagadougou, 1954-1960. Director of the Social Information Center, 1959-1960.
Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Ouagadougou, April 8, 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 Jérôme Rakotomalala, archbishop of Tananarive; Bernard Yago, archbishop of Abidjan; and Peter Poreku Dery, bishop of Wa. Attended the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 1965; received the red biretta and the title of S. Camillo agli Orti Sallustiani, February 25, 1965. Attended the First Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 29, 1967; the First Extraordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 11 to 28, 1969; the Second Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to November 6, 1971; the Third Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 27 to October 26, 1974; one of its three president delegates. Participated in the conclave of August 25 to 26,1978, which elected Pope John Paul I. Participated in the conclave of October 14 to 16, 1978, which elected Pope John Paul II. Special papal envoy to the Second National Eucharistic Congress and the closing of the centennial of the evangelization, Kinshasa, Zaïre, June 22 to 29, 1980. Attended the Fifth Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 26 to October 25, 1980; member of its general secretariat, 1980-1983. Member of the Council of Cardinals for Study of the Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy see, May 31, 1981. Attended the Sixth Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 28, 1983; member of its general secretariat, 1983-1986; the Second Extraordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 24 to December 8, 1985; as special guest; member of its general secretariat until 1987. Attended the Special Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops for Africa, Vatican City, April 10 to May 8, 1994. Resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Ouagadougou, June 10, 1995. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned 80 years of age, September 3, 1997. He was the first cardinal from Upper Volta.
Death. June 4, 2000, Ouagadougou. Buried, Immaculate Conception metropolitan cathedral, Ouagadougou.
Birth. February 27, 1941, Mboro, diocese of Wau, Sudan.
Education. St. Paul's National Major Seminary, Tore River (philosophy and theology); Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome 1968-1969 (theology); Pontifical Lateran University, Rome 1969-1971 (licentiate in pastoral theology, 1971); he speaks English, Italian and German.
Priesthood. Ordained, July 21, 1963, Wau, by Ireneus Wien Dud, titular bishop of Barcuso, apostolic vicar of Wau (1), Sudan. Vice-pastor in Kwajok; rector of the Minor Seminary of Wau. Procurator economous of the apostolic vicariate of Wau and vicar-delegate of Bishop Dud, apostolic vicar of Wau.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Wau, December 12, 1974. Consecrated, April 6, 1975, metropolitan cathedral of St. Therese of the Infant Jesus, Juba, by Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, prefect of the S.C. for the Evangelization of Peoples, assisted by Ubaldo Calabresi, titular archbishop of Fondi, pro-nuncio in Sudan, and by Ireneus Wien Dud, archbishop of Juba. Attended the Fourth Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to October 29, 1977. Promoted to archbishop coadjutor of Khartoum, October 30, 1979. Attended the Fifth Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 26 to October 25, 1980. Succeeded to the metropolitan see of Khartoum, October 10, 1981. Attended the VI Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 28, 1983. Attended the Second Extraordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 24 to December 8,1985. Attended the Seventh Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October to 30, 1987. Attended the Special Assembly for Africa of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, April 10 to May 8, 1994. Attended the Ninth Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 2 to 29, 1994.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of October 21, 2003; received the red biretta and the title of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina, October 21, 2003. Participated in the conclave of April 18 to 19, 2005, which elected Pope Benedict XVI. Participated in the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, October 4 to 25, 2009, Vatican City, on the theme "The Church in Africa, at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace: You Are the Salt of the Earth; You Are the Light of the World". He is the first Sudanese cardinal.
Link. Photograph and brief biographical data, in English.
(1) The apostolic vicariate of Wau was elevated to diocese on November 18, 1974 and Fr. Gabriel Zubeir Wako named its first bishop.
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