Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi


Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi

Priest and Monk
BornSeptember 1903
Aguleri, Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Died(1964-01-20)20 January 1964 (aged 60)
Leicester, England
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified22 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Major shrineCathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha & Mount St Bernard Abbey, Coalville, Leicestershire
Feast20 January

Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi // , OCSO (September 1903 – 20 January 1964) was an Igbo Nigerian priest of the Catholic Church who worked in the Archdiocese of Onitsha and later became a Trappist monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England.

On 22 March 1998, upon the recommendation of Cardinal Francis Arinze, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. His feast day is 20 January.