Robert Sarah

Robert Sarah is a Guinean Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20... Wikipedia

  • Church:  Roman Catholic Church
  • Appointed:  23 November 2014
  • Term ended:  20 February 2021
  • Predecessor:  Antonio Cañizares Llovera
  • Successor:  Arthur Roche
  • Other posts:  Cardinal-Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (2021–present)
  • Ordination:  20 July 1969, by Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo
  • Consecration:  8 December 1979, by Giovanni Benelli
  • Created Cardinal:  20 November 2010, by Benedict XVI
  • Rank:  Cardinal-Deacon (2010–21), Cardinal-Priest (2021–present)
  • Birth name:  Robert Sarah
  • Born:  June 15, 1945, Ourous, French Guinea
  • Age:  79 years
  • Nationality:  Guinean
  • Denomination:  Catholic (Roman Rite)
  • Previous post:  Archbishop of Conakry (1979–2001), Apostolic Administrator of Kankan (1979–93), President of the Guinean Episcopal Conference (1985–2001), Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2001–10), Vice-Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University (2001–10), President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (2010–14)
  • Alma mater:  Pontifical Gregorian University, Studium Biblicum Franciscanum
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