Protase Rugambwa | |
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Cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Tabora |
See | Tabora |
Appointed | 13 April 2023 (coadjutor) |
Installed | 10 November 2023 |
Predecessor | Paul R. Ruzoka |
Other post(s) | Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Montesanto (2023–) |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 2 September 1990 by Pope John Paul II |
Consecration | 13 April 2008 by Polycarp Pengo |
Created cardinal | 30 September 2023 by Pope Francis |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | Bunena, Tanzania | 31 May 1960
Alma mater | Pontifical Lateran University |
Motto | Euntes in Mundum Universum ("Go into the whole world") |
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Styles of Protase Rugambwa | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Protase Rugambwa (born 31 May 1960) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tabora since November 2023, after serving as coadjutor there for seven months. He was a secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from November 2017 to April 2023. He previously served as that congregation's adjunct secretary and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 2012 to 2017. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 30 September 2023.