Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson

Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Cardinal-Priest of San Liborio

Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Motto: Vivere Christus Est

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1948		Born
20 Jul 1975	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cape Coast, Ghana
6 Oct 1992	43.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
27 Mar 1993	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
21 Oct 2003	55.0	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Oct 2003	55.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Liborio
18 Apr 2004	55.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Liborio
24 Oct 2009	61.0	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
28 Feb 2013	64.3	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
16 Mar 2013	64.4	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
31 Aug 2016	67.8	Appointed	Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
1 Jan 2017	68.2	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
1 Jan 2022	73.2	Resigned	Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
4 Apr 2022	73.4	Appointed	Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
4 Apr 2022	73.4	Appointed	Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
6 Jun 2022	73.6	Installed	Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
6 Jun 2022	73.6	Installed	Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

MicroData Summary
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson
(born 11 Oct 1948)
Chancellor of Sciences

Consistory - 2003: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - April 2006: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Wassaw Nsuta, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
Ordained Bishop Saint Francis de Sales, Cathedral, Cape Coast, Archdiocese of Cape Coast, Ghana

Please contact the Cardinal through the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

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

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh †
Archbishop of Accra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Poreku Dery †
Archbishop of Tamale
Bishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong
Bishop of Kumasi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh † (1971)
Archbishop of Accra
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah † (1957)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Martin Darko † (1998)
Bishop Joseph Francis Kweku Essien (2000)
Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan † (2008)
Bishop Dominic Nyarko Yeboah (2008)
Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (2014)
Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D. (2015)
Richard Kuuia Cardinal Baawobr, M. Afr. † (2016)
Bishop Matthew Yitiereh (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens † (1994)
Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi (2003)
Michael Felix Cardinal Czerny, S.J. (2019)
Archbishop Paolo Borgia (2019)
Archbishop Antoine Camilleri (2019)
Archbishop Paolo Rudelli (2019)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wassaw Nsuta, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
Ordained Bishop	Saint Francis de Sales, Cathedral, Cape Coast, Archdiocese of Cape Coast, Ghana

External Link(s):

VIAF: 26330636
WikiData: Q546121

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 24 Oct 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 134, Number 12,064
c: Bollettino, 16 Mar 2013
ab: Bollettino, 31 Aug 2016
bpd/c.i: AM, 29 Sep 2021
i: Bollettino, 5 May 2022

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