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FRANCIS CARDINAL ARINZE IS 58 YEARS A BISHOP TODAY
Today marks the 58th anniversary of the episcopal ordination of a remarkable figure in the Catholic Church and an illustrious Nigerian – Francis Cardinal Arinze. Cardinal Arinze was born on November 1, 1932 in Anambra, Nigeria.… pic.twitter.com/nbSthpRd9n
— Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch (@FrUgochukwu) August 29, 2023
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Incredible!
A lion. May there be many more like him.
Sometimes I think there are certain people you could just listen to them talk for hours and never get tired of listening to them. For me Cardinal Arinze is that type of person. God bless him!
Kind of full circle here – we (white European / Americans) evangelized in Africa back in the day. . . . and now, we WANT the African Catholics to evangelize us because we like what they have!! God works in mysterious ways.
Hold him in great respect but am greatly disappointed that he has never uttered any criticism of the present pope’s horrific actions, teachings and or idolatrous worship of Pachamama. He has been retired for a while so I am not sure what he has to lose by speaking up!
So, His Eminence was consecrated as a bishop at the age of 32. These days canon law requires a man to be at least 35 before becoming a bishop: was the law different in 1965 or was an exception made for him?
Dear Simon_GNR,
it was 30 at the time of the 1917 Code.
Imrahil: thank you for your reply to my query. I thought that must be the case. The minimum age must have been increased to 35 in the 1983 Code.
In the Church of England the minimum age for a bishop is 30 and has been since the Reformation.
I wonder if the age of 30 was settled upon by the Catholic Church, it seems centuries ago, because that was the approximate age of Our Lord Jesus Christ when he began his earthly ministry?