Peter Turkson

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cardinal name=Peter Cardinal Turkson
dipstyle=His Eminence
offstyle=Your Eminence
See=Cape Coast

Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson (born October 11 1948) is a Ghanaian prelate, the Archbishop of Cape Coast and Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Born in Wassaw Nsuta, in Ghana, Turkson studied in New York City and Rome as well as his native country, earning a doctorate in Sacred Scripture in 1982. A polyglot, Turkson is known to be able to speak at least six languages, including English, Fante, French, Italian, German, and Hebrew, in addition to understanding Latin and Greek.

Turkson was ordained as a priest on 20 July 1975, appointed Archbishop of Cape Coast on 6 October 1992, and elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. He was described as "one of Africa's most energetic church leaders" by a UK Catholic magazine. [The Tablet, 23 April 2005]

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External links

* [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=219 Biography at catholic-pages.com]