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Peter Turkson
Ghanaian cardinal of the Catholic Church (born 1948)
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (born 11 October 1948) is a Ghanaian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences since 2022.[1] He was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 2009 to 2017 and the inaugural prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development from 2017 to 2021.[2]
Turkson was Archbishop of Cape Coast from 1992 to 2009.
He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
Cardinal peter turkson biography of martin
He has been widely regarded as papabile, that is, a candidate for election to the papacy. The Tablet described him in 2013 as "one of Africa's most energetic church leaders".[3]
Early life and priesthood
Turkson was born in Wassaw Nsuta in Western Ghana to a Methodist mother and a Catholic father.[4] He is the fourth child of ten children.
His mother sold vegetables in the op