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