Religious Leaders Peter Turkson

Peter Turkson

Living place: Ghana

Birthday: 11-10-1948 (76 years old)

Global rank: #71321

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Religious Leaders Peter Turkson profile

Who is Religious Leaders Peter Turkson?
Ghanaian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who became president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in 2009.
He is seen as a possible successor after Pope Benedict XVI resigned in 2013, but Pope Francis was selected to replace him.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He received a theology at St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary Rensselaer, New York Master.

Family life info

His father was a carpenter while his mother sold vegetables at a local market in Western Ghana.

Close relationship

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He was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

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When was Religious Leaders Peter Turkson born?
Peter Turkson birthday 11-10-1948 (at the age of 76).
Where is Religious Leaders Peter Turkson's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Peter Turkson was born in . is a Religious Leaders, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Peter Turkson's global rank is 71321 and whose rank is 244 in list of famous Religious Leaders.
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Events in 1948 and 11-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Peter Turkson

  • Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu militant (Jan. 30).
  • Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia (Feb. 23-25). Background: The Cold War
  • Organization of American States (OAS) Charter signed at Bogotá, Colombia (April 30).
  • Nation of Israel proclaimed; British end Mandate at midnight; Arab armies attack (May 14). Background: Arab-Israeli Wars
  • Berlin Airlift begins (June 21); ends May 12, 1949.
  • Stalin and Tito break (June 28).
  • United States of Indonesia established as Dutch and Indonesians settle conflict (Dec. 27).

Birthday Peter Turkson (11-10) in history

  • Day 11-10 year 1779: Polish patriot and American Revolutionary War commander Casimir Pulaski was killed in the Battle of Savannah, Georgia.
  • Day 11-10 year 1899: The Boer War began in South Africa.
  • Day 11-10 year 1915: English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by the Germans.
  • Day 11-10 year 1939: A letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic weapons.
  • Day 11-10 year 1962: The first session of Vatican II was convened by Pope John XXIII.
  • Day 11-10 year 1968: The first staffed Apollo mission, Apollo 7, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.
  • Day 11-10 year 1984: Space shuttle Challenger astronaut, Kathryn Sullivan, became the first American woman to walk in space.
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