Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako

Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio a Via Tiburtina

Motto: The Truth Will Set You Free

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Feb 1941		Born
21 Jul 1963	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wau, Sudan
12 Dec 1974	33.7	Appointed	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
6 Apr 1975	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
30 Oct 1979	38.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
10 Oct 1981	40.6	Succeeded	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
21 Oct 2003	62.6	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Oct 2003	62.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio a Via Tiburtina
9 Dec 2016	75.7	Retired	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan

MicroData Summary
Gabriel Zubeir Wako
Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako
(born 27 Feb 1941)
Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum

Consistory - 2003: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - March 2010: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - September 2018: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Mboro, Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
Ordained Priest Wau, Vicariate Apostolic of Wau
Ordained Bishop St. Therese of the Infant Jesus, Cathedral, Juba, Archdiocese of Juba, South Sudan

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Khartoum.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud †
Titular Bishop of Barcusus
Principal Consecrator:
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi †
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ubaldo Calabresi †
Titular Archbishop of Fundi
Archbishop Ireneus Wien Dud †
Archbishop of Juba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Stephen Ameyu Martin Cardinal Mulla (1991)
Bishop Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta (2004)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Marco Kur Adwok (1993)
Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala (2008)
Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (2010)
Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali (2017)
Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I. (2021)
Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I. (2022)
Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo (2022)
Bishop Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Bilal Nyekindi † (1981)
Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe (1986)
Bishop Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.I. † (1988)
Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. † (1996)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 152709987
WikiData: Q429080

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142
r: Bollettino, 10 Dec 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 29, Number 1,664

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