Ivan Dias
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Ivan Cornelius Dias (14 April 1936 – 19 June 2017) was an Indian prelate and
cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2006 to 2011, Archbishop of Bombay from 1996 to 2006, and before that a papal ambassador in the Balkans, East Asia, and West Africa. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001.[1]
Biography
Early life and ordination
Ivan Dias was born in
doctorate in canon law in 1964.[4]
Secretariat of State
Dias worked in the
nunciatures in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Indonesia, Madagascar, Réunion, the Comoro Islands and Mauritius. Returning to the Secretariat of State in Vatican City, he was head of the section for the Soviet Union, the Baltic states, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya and Tanzania until 1981.[4]
Nuncio and bishop
On 8 May 1981, Dias was appointed Titular Archbishop of Rusibisir and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana, Togo and Benin by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 19 June from Cardinal
rule, inviting foreign missionaries to the country and working with the Albanian government to recover Catholic churches and schools.[6]
Archbishop
Recalled from the Vatican's diplomatic service, Dias was appointed the ninth
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Dominus Iesus, which declared that non-Catholics "are in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the Church, have the fullness of the means of salvation."[8] Dias said the document was "a reaffirmation...[that] Jesus is the only savior of the world. We have a right to say who we are, and others can accept it or not."[6]
Cardinal
Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella in the consistory of 21 February 2001.[4] He was shortly afterwards named to the Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See on 10 March 2001, and served as one of the three presidents at the 10th Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops from September to October 2001.[4]
In 2003, he delivered the
2005 Papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. TIME Magazine noted his "[s]trong diplomatic experience" and said his election "would represent a bold choice from the developing world."[9]
On 20 May 2006, he was appointed
Pontifical Urbaniana University. He presented his resignation as required on reaching the age of 75. It was accepted on 10 May 2011 when he was succeeded as Prefect by Fernando Filoni.[10]
Cardinal Dias was a member of the
Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.[citation needed
]
Dias was one of the
2013 papal conclave that selected Pope Francis.[11]
Dias died in Rome on 19 June 2017.[12][13]
Views
Anti-Christian violence
During his tenure as Archbishop, Dias frequently condemned
anti-Christian discrimination in Indian society by Hindu fundamentalists. In December 2001, he invited leaders of all Bombay's religious communities to his home for "a meeting for peace in a world torn apart by war and hatred."[6]
In 2002, he denounced pressures put by Indian authorities on Catholic schools, which have "had to put up with uncooperative and abusive public officials as well intimidation."
Abortion and homosexuality
Dias also established himself as
Sacrament of Penance.[6]
Anglican communion
During a speech he gave at the Lambeth Conference, he expressed unrestrained disapproval of the changes the Anglican communion was experiencing. He said: "When we live myopically in the fleeting present, oblivious of our past heritage and apostolic traditions, we could well be suffering from spiritual Alzheimer's. [...] or ecclesial Parkinson's".[16]
References
- ^ "Indian Cardinal Ivan Cornelius Dias dies – UCA News". ucanews.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "I am upset at the media hype". Mid-day.com. 4 April 2005. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Ivan Cardinal Dias". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b c d e Miranda, Salvador. "DIAS, Ivan". Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
- ^ a b "Card. Ivan Dias". Asia News. 3 October 2005. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009.
- ^ a b c d e "Variety of experience gives cardinal from India high profile". Catholic News Service. 1 April 2005. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005.
- ^ "Cardinal Ivan Dias of Bombay passes away". L'Osservatore Romano. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Dominus Iesus". Holy See. 6 August 2000.
- ^ Israely, Jeff (17 April 2005). "Our Top Ten Papal Candidates". Time. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005.
- ^ Pentin, Edward (10 May 2011). "Benedict XVI Makes Two Key Vatican Appointments". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Cardinal Ivan Dias passes away in Rome". Rome Reports. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Jaisinghani, Bella (19 June 2017). "Former archbishop of Bombay Ivan Dias passes away in Rome". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Glatz, Carol (20 June 2017). "Experienced diplomat, Indian Cardinal Dias dies at 81". Catholic News Service. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Our cardinal in the Vatican". The Indian Express. 13 April 2005.
- ^ Bradley Hagerty, Barbara (19 April 2005). "Potential Successors to Pope John Paul II". NPR.
- ^ Butt, Riazat (23 July 2008). "Cardinal accuses Anglican Communion of 'spiritual Alzheimer's'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ivan Dias.
- Archdiocese of Bombay
- Catholic-Hierarchy.org [self-published]
- Article at AmericanCatholic.org
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