Category:Francis Arinze

**Francis Arinze**
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Date of birth	1 November 1932; Eziowelle
Country of citizenship	Nigeria;
Educated at	Pontifical Urbaniana University;
Occupation	theologian; university teacher; Catholic priest (1958–);
Position held	prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 2002–2008); Catholic archbishop (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, 1967–1985); titular bishop (Fissiana, 1965–1967); coadjutor bishop (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, 1965–1967); cardinal-deacon (San Giovanni della Pigna, 1985–1996); cardinal priest (San Giovanni della Pigna, 1996–2005); Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni (Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni, 2005–); President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, 1984–2002); cardinal (1985–);
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	Q44728; ISNI: 0000000110346249; VIAF ID: 133230; GND ID: 122421116; Library of Congress authority ID: n84154675; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12674941z; IdRef ID: 079715168; NL CR AUT ID: jcu2012684148; National Library of Spain ID: XX1658039; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 172181003; NUKAT ID: n01090120; NLP ID (old): a0000002556099; National Library of Korea ID: KAC200806187; PLWABN ID: 9810562808305606; J9U ID: 987007278767105171; SBN author ID: BVEV037314
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English: Francis Arinze (b. 1932) is a Igbo Nigerian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008. He is now the Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni, succeeding Joseph Ratzinger (later pope)

Magyar: Francis Arinze (Eziowelle, 1932. november 1.) a római katolikus egyház bíborosa, a Istentiszteleti és Szentségi Fegyelmi Kongregáció korábbi vezetője, Velletri-Segni bíborosa.