Peter Turkson

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is a Ghanaian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences since 2022. He was... Wikipedia

• Church:  Catholic Church
• Appointed:  4 April 2022
• Predecessor:  Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
• Other posts:  Cardinal Priest of San Liborio (2003–)
• Ordination:  20 July 1975, by John Kodwo Amissah
• Consecration:  27 March 1993, by Dominic Kodwo Andoh
• Created Cardinal:  21 October 2003, by Pope John Paul II
• Rank:  Cardinal Priest
• Birth name:  Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
• Born:  October 11, 1948, Wassaw Nsuta, Gold Coast
• Age:  76 years
• Nationality:  Ghanaian
• Denomination:  Catholic (Roman Rite)
• Previous post:  Archbishop of Cape Coast (1992–2009), President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2009–2017), Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (2017–2021)
• Alma mater:  St. Teresa's Seminary- Amisano, Ghana
• Motto:  Vivere Christus est (To live is Christ)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo