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Tanzanian Catholic cardinal

His EminencePolycarp Pengo
Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Dar es Salaam
Pengo in March 2013.
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Dar es Salaam
Installed 22 July 1992
Term ended 15 August 2019
Predecessor Laurean Rugambwa
Successor Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi
Other post Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette
Previous posts Bishop of Nachingwea (1983–1985)Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (1985–1990)Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar es Salaam (1990-1992)Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (1992–2019)
Orders
Ordination 20 June 1971by Charles Msakila
Consecration 6 January 1984by John Paul II
Created cardinal 21 February 1998by John Paul II
Rank Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born Polycarp Pengo (1944-08-05) 5 August 1944 (age 81)Mwazye, Rukwa Region, Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania)
Baptised (1944-08-05) 5 August 1944 (age 81)
Denomination Roman Catholic
Motto Ecce ego domine(Here I am, Lord)
Coat of arms Polycarp Pengo's coat of arms
Ordination history ofPolycarp Pengo
HistoryPriestly ordinationOrdained byCharles MsakilaDate20 June 1971PlaceDiocese of SumbawangaEpiscopal consecrationPrincipal consecratorJohn Paul IICo-consecratorsEduardo Martínez Somalo, Duraisamy Simon LourdusamyDate6 January 1984PlaceSaint Peter's Basilica, Rome, ItalyCardinalateElevated byJohn Paul IIDate21 February 1998
Episcopal successionBishops consecrated by Polycarp Pengo as principal consecratorAnthony Mathias Banzi15 September 1994Agapiti Ndorobo16 June 1995Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp27 April 1997Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M. Cap16 May 1999Jacob Venance Koda30 May 1999Desiderius M. Rwoma11 July 1999Method Kilaini18 March 2000Damian Denis Dallu30 July 2000William Pascal Kikoti14 January 2001Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS05 August 2001Alfred Leonhard Maluma01 September 2002Castor Paul Msemwa30 January 2005Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap02 July 2006Isaac Amani Massawe22 February 2008Protase Rugambwa13 April 2008Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza06 November 2008Salutaris Melchior Libena19 March 2010Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa19 March 2010Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp.13 June 2010Renatus Leonard Nkwande20 February 2011Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa15 May 2011John Chrisostom Ndimbo05 June 2011Titus Joseph Mdoe01 May 2013Liberatus Sangu12 April 2015
Styles ofPolycarp Pengo
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Religious style Cardinal
Informal style Cardinal
See Dar es Salaam

Polycarp Pengo (born 5 August 1944) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, from 1992 to 2019. A bishop since 1983, he was made a cardinal in 1998.

Polycarp Pengo was born on 5 August 1944. He was ordained a priest in 1971 by Bishop Charles Msakila.[1] He studied Moral Theology in Rome at the Pontifical Lateran University, obtaining a doctorate in 1977. He taught Moral theology in Kipalapala Theological Seminary for a short time, and then became the first Rector of Segerea Theological Seminary in Dar-es-Salaam up to 1983.

He was made Bishop of Nachingwea (now Lindi) in 1983,[2] and of Tunduru-Masasi in 1985.

In 1990 he was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, and in 1992 he became Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, following the resignation of Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa.[2]

Pengo was proclaimed a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 1998. Pengo was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI and in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.[1]

He has the following Curial Memberships Evangelization of the Peoples, Doctrine of Faith (congregations).Interreligious Dialogue, Culture (councils) Special Council for Africa of the General of the Synod of Bishops.

Since 2007 he has been president of the SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar).[3]

On 18 September 2012, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as a Synod Father for the October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.[4]

Pope Francis accepted his retirement as archbishop on 15 August 2019.[5]

In 2000, Pengo hit out at the commission of homosexual acts, saying it was one of the most heinous sins on earth.[6]

Clashes in Tanzania

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In 2004, he lashed out at the perpetrators of clashes claiming to pursue a religious cause.[7]

Church teaching on AIDS

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Pengo has declared that the AIDS epidemic cannot be overcome by relying exclusively or primarily on the distribution of prophylactics, but only through a strategy based on education to individual responsibility in the framework of a moral view of human sexuality.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Cardinal Pengo". catholic-hierarchy.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Pengo, Polycarp". Catholic News Agency. Catholic News Agency (CNA). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ "African Cardinals". secam.org. SECAM. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.09.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 15.08.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Homosexuality one of the most heinous sins on earth". Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Good Friday Homily". Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  8. ^ "Africa's Bishops Back Pope in AIDS Message". Archived from the original on 15 June 2010.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byArnold Ralph Cotey Bishop of Nachingwea 11 November 1983 – 17 October 1986 Diocese abolished
Diocese created Bishop of Tunduru–Masasi 17 October 1986 – 22 January 1990 Succeeded byMagnus Mwalunyungu
Preceded byLaurean Rugambwa Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam 22 July 1992 – 15 August 2019 Succeeded byJude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi
Preceded byAlfredo Vicente Scherer Cardinal Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette 21 February 1998 – Incumbent
Preceded byJohn Olorunfemi Onaiyekan President of Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar June 2007 – September 2013 Succeeded byGabriel Mbilingi