Polycarp Pengo

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Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar es Salaam (1990-1992)
  • Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (1992–2019)
    • MottoEcce ego domine
    (Here I am, Lord)
    Coat of armsPolycarp Pengo's coat of arms
    Ordination history of
    Polycarp Pengo
    History
    Priestly ordination
    Ordained by
    Anthony Mathias Banzi
    		15 September 1994
    Agapiti Ndorobo16 June 1995
    Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp27 April 1997
    Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M. Cap16 May 1999
    Jacob Venance Koda30 May 1999
    Desiderius M. Rwoma11 July 1999
    Method Kilaini18 March 2000
    Damian Denis Dallu30 July 2000
    William Pascal Kikoti14 January 2001
    Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS05 August 2001
    Alfred Leonhard Maluma01 September 2002
    Castor Paul Msemwa30 January 2005
    Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap02 July 2006
    Isaac Amani Massawe22 February 2008
    Protase Rugambwa13 April 2008
    Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza06 November 2008 ...
    Styles of
    Polycarp Pengo
    Dar es Salaam

    Polycarp Pengo (born 5 August 1944) is a Tanzanian

    Dar-es-Salaam, from 1992 to 2019. A bishop since 1983, he was made a cardinal
    in 1998.

    Biography

    Polycarp Pengo was born on 5 August 1944. He was ordained a priest in 1971 by the late Bishop Charles Msakila,[1][2] 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,[3] 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.[3]

    Pengo was proclaimed a

    2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.[2]

    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).[4]

    On 18 September 2012, he was appointed by

    Synod of Bishops.[5]

    Pope Francis accepted his retirement as archbishop on 15 August 2019.[6]

    Views

    Homosexuality

    In 2000, Pengo hit out at the commission of homosexual acts, saying it was one of the most heinous sins on earth.[7]

    Clashes in Tanzania

    In 2004, he lashed out at the perpetrators of clashes claiming to pursue a religious cause.[8]

    Church teaching on AIDS

    Further information: Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS

    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.[9]

    References

    1. ^ https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmsakila.html
    2. ^ a b "Cardinal Pengo". catholic-hierarchy.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    3. ^ a b "Pengo, Polycarp". catholicnewsagency.com. Catholic News Agency (CNA). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    4. ^ "African Cardinals". secam.org. SECAM. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    5. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.09.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 September 2012.
    6. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 15.08.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
    7. ^ "Homosexuality one of the most heinous sins on earth". Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
    8. ^ "Good Friday Homily". Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
    9. ^ "Africa's Bishops Back Pope in AIDS Message". Archived from the original on 15 June 2010.

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    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Arnold 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 by
    Preceded by Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
    22 July 1992 – 15 August 2019     		Succeeded by
    Preceded by
    Alfredo Vicente Scherer
    		 Cardinal Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette
    21 February 1998 –     		Incumbent
    Preceded by
    John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
    		 President of Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar
    June 2007 – September 2013     		Succeeded by
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