Polycarp Pengo


Polycarp Pengo
Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Dar es Salaam
Pengo in March 2013.
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseDar es Salaam
Installed22 July 1992
Term ended15 August 2019
PredecessorLaurean Rugambwa
SuccessorJude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination20 June 1971
by Charles Msakila
Consecration6 January 1984
by John Paul II
Created cardinal21 February 1998
by John Paul II
RankCardinal Priest
Personal details
Born
Polycarp Pengo

(1944-08-05) 5 August 1944 (age 80)
Mwazye, Rukwa Region, Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania)
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoEcce ego domine
(Here I am, Lord)
Coat of armsPolycarp Pengo's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Polycarp Pengo
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byCharles Msakila
Date20 June 1971
PlaceDiocese of Sumbawanga
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJohn Paul II
Co-consecratorsEduardo Martínez Somalo,
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Date6 January 1984
PlaceSaint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
Cardinalate
Elevated byJohn Paul II
Date21 February 1998
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Polycarp Pengo as principal consecrator
Anthony Mathias Banzi15 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
Salutaris Melchior Libena19 March 2010
Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa19 March 2010
Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp.13 June 2010
Renatus Leonard Nkwande20 February 2011
Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa15 May 2011
John Chrisostom Ndimbo05 June 2011
Titus Joseph Mdoe01 May 2013
Liberatus Sangu12 April 2015
Styles of
Polycarp Pengo
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeDar es Salaam

Polycarp Pengo (born 5 August 1944) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, from 1992 to 2019. A bishop since 1983, he was made a cardinal in 1998.