Francis Arinze (an haife shi 1 ga watan Nuwamba shekara 1932), ɗan Najeriya ne  Cardinal na Cocin Roman Katolika. Ya kasance Shugaban Majalisar don Bautar Allah da Horar da Saurarori daga 2002 zuwa shekarar 2008. Ya kasance Bishop na Cardinal na Velletri-Segni tun shekarar 2005. Arinze na ɗaya daga cikin manyan mashawarta ga Paparoma John Paul na II kuma an ɗauke shi papabile kafin babban taron papal na 2005, wanda ya zaɓi Paparoma Benedict XVI.

Francis Arinze
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni (en) Fassara

25 ga Afirilu, 2005 -
Benedict na Sha Shida
prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (en) Fassara

1 Oktoba 2002 - 9 Disamba 2008
cardinal priest (en) Fassara

29 ga Janairu, 1996 - 2 ga Afirilu, 2005
cardinal-deacon (en) Fassara

25 Mayu 1985 - 29 ga Janairu, 1996 - Raffaele Farina (en) Fassara
cardinal (en) Fassara

25 Mayu 1985 -
President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (en) Fassara

8 ga Afirilu, 1984 - 1 Oktoba 2002
Catholic archbishop (en) Fassara

26 ga Yuni, 1967 - 8 ga Afirilu, 1985
Charles Heerey (en) Fassara - Stephen Nweke Ezeanya (en) Fassara
Dioceses: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha (en) Fassara
titular bishop (en) Fassara

29 ga Augusta, 1965 - 26 ga Yuni, 1967 - Leo Rajendram Antony (en) Fassara
Dioceses: Fissiana (en) Fassara
coadjutor bishop (en) Fassara

29 ga Augusta, 1965 - 26 ga Yuni, 1967
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Eziowelle (en) Fassara, 1 Nuwamba, 1932 (91 shekaru)
ƙasa Najeriya
Ƙabila Dan Nijeriya
Karatu
Makaranta Pontifical Urbaniana University (en) Fassara
Harsuna Faransanci
Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a Malamin akida, university teacher (en) Fassara da Catholic priest (en) Fassara
Imani
Addini Cocin katolika

Rayuwa Farko gyara sashe

 
Francis Arinze a tsakiya

An haifi Arinze a Eziowelle, Anambra, Najeriya. Wanda ya tuba daga addinin gargajiya na Afirka,  ya yi masa baftisma a ranar haihuwarsa ta tara (1 ga watan Nuwamba shekarar 1941) ta Uba Michael Tansi, wanda John Paul II ya buge a 1998. Iyayensa daga baya sun koma addinin Katolika.[1][2] A shekaru 15, sai ya shiga All Hallows Seminary da Onitsha daga wanda ya sauke karatu da kuma aikata wani falsafa digiri a 1950. Mahaifinsa da farko yana adawa da shiga makarantar hauza, amma bayan ganin yadda Francis ya ji daɗin hakan, ya ƙarfafa shi. Arinze ya zauna a All Hallows har zuwa 1953 don koyarwa. A cikin 1955, ya tafi Rome don yin karatun tauhidin a Jami'ar Urban Pontifical, inda a ƙarshe ya sami digiri na uku a cikin ilimin tauhidin summa cum laude. A ranar 23 ga Nuwamba 1958, a ɗakin sujada na jami'a, Arinze aka wajabta zuwa aikin firist da Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, pro-prefect na alfarma taron domin Farfagandar na Faith (farfaganda ainihi).[3]

Rayuwa a matsayin Firist gyara sashe

Bayan nada shi, Uba Arinze ya ci gaba da zama a Rome, inda ya sami digiri na biyu a ilimin tauhidi a 1959 da kuma digiri na uku a 1960. Takardar digirinsa kan "Ibo Hadaya a matsayin Gabatarwa ga Catechesis of Holy Mass " shine tushen aikin da ya yi amfani da shi sosai, "Yin hadaya a Addinin Ibo", wanda aka buga a 1970. Daga 1961 zuwa 1962, Arinze ya kasance farfesa na liturgy, dabaru,[4] da falsafar asali a Bigard Memorial Seminary. Daga nan, aka naɗa shi sakataren ilimi na ɗariƙar Katolika na yankin gabashin Najeriya. Daga ƙarshe, an canza Arinze zuwa London, inda ya halarci Cibiyar Ilimi kuma ya kammala a 1964.

Shugaban Malaman Majami'u gyara sashe

Francis Arinze ya zama bishop na Roman Katolika mafi ƙanƙanta a duniya lokacin da aka keɓe shi a ranar 29 ga Agusta 1965, yana ɗan shekara 32. An nada shi babban bishop na Fissiana kuma an sanya masa suna Coadjutor ga Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria.[5] Ya halarci zaman ƙarshe na Majalisar Vatican ta Biyu a cikin wannan shekarar. Ya zama Akbishop na Onitsha a ranar 26 ga Yuni 1967. Shi ne ɗan asalin Afirka na farko da ya shugabanci cocinsa, wanda ya gaji Archbishop Charles Heerey, mishan ɗan ƙasar Irish.[6]

Manazarta gyara sashe

  1. Loyn, David (18 April 2005). "Profile: Cardinal Francis Arinze". BBC News. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. God's Invisible Hand: The Life and Work of Francis Cardinal Arinze: an Interview with Gerard O'Connell. Ignatius Press. 2006. pp. 12–21. ISBN 978-1-58617-135-3.
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4445821.stm
  4. "Vatican, Onitsha to celebrate Francis Cardinal Arinze's 60th anniversary". Vanguard News. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LVII. 1965. p. 930. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/pope/story/0,12272,1055080,00.html