Joseph Cordeiro

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Oxford University.
MottoOmnia OmnibusLatin[1]
All for everyoneEnglish
Styles of
Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro
Your Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeKarachi
Ordination history of
Joseph Cordeiro
History
Priestly ordination
Date24 August 1946
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorArchbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M.
Co-consecratorsBishop Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. ,
Bishop Leonard Joseph Raymond
Date24 August 1958
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Paul VI
Date5 March 1973
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Joseph Cordeiro as principal consecrator
Bishop Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M.14 June 1971
Bishop John Joseph9 January 1981
Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo1 October 1982

Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro (19 January 1918 – 11 February 1994) was a

cardinal.[2]

Early life

Cordeiro was born to a

Oxford University. He received his religious training at the Papal Seminary in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and was ordained a priest in Karachi, Pakistan on 24 August 1946.[5]

Career

From 1946 to 1948, he did pastoral work in Hyderabad and Karachi.[citation needed]

He then attended Oxford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree.[citation needed]

In 1950 he was appointed

Archbishop of Karachi, with his seat at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi.[6][7]

He attended the

Synod of Bishops
, Vatican City (1969) and the Second Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1971). He was elected a member of the Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (1971).

He was the first Pakistani cardinal, a position elevated by Pope Paul VI (1973). He attended both papal conclaves in 1978, and was mentioned as papabile by Time Magazine after Pope John Paul I's death.[8]

He wrote a series of articles for the

Christian Voice
called "Lessons of a Lifetime", a reflection on his life experiences.

From 1958 until his death, Cordeiro was president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan.[6]

He was also since 1972 the secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.[9]

Death

Cordeiro died on 11 February 1994 at Holy Family Hospital with complications due to cancer.[10] Cordeiro was succeeded by Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira.[5]

Honors

Cordeiro was honoured by the

Christ the King Seminary in Karachi that has hosted the Cardinal Cordeiro Cricket tournament to promote religious vocations since 2008.[11]

On 6 May 2011, The Old Patricians (former students of St Patrick's school) presented the Joseph Cardinal Cordeiro Gold Medal to the top student from the Cambridge A level section at the closing ceremony of the 150th anniversary of the school.[12]

In 2012, Cardinal Cordeiro High School was named in his honor. The school is located in the Good Shepherd Parish in Korangi Town, Karachi.[13]

His alma mater, St. Patrick's High School named the Cardinal Cordeiro Silver Jubilee Auditorium in his honor.

References

  1. ^ "Cardinali_motti_ parte_ seconda".
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  3. ^ Goan origin archbishop Joseph Coutts appointed cardinal by Pope. Its Goa.
  4. ^ "Pakistan's Goa Connections". The Times of India. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b Ali, G. and Ali, M. St. Patrick’s: A journey of 175 years. Archdiocese of Karachi, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Cardinal Cordeiro first Pakistani cardinal dies in Karachi". UCANews.com. 14 February 1994.
  7. ^ "Archdiocese of Karachi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  8. ^ "A Light That Left Us Amazed". Time. 16 October 1978. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  9. ^ The Buffalo News February 14, 1994
  10. ^ "UCANews.com December 2, 1994".
  11. ^ "UCANews September 17, 2010". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  12. ^ The Old Patricians website accessed 8 April 2012 Archived 28 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ UCANews 18 April 2012 Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine


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