Laurean Rugambwa

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Laurean Rugambwa (July 12, 1912 – December 8, 1997) was a Tanzanian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.  He is known as the first cardinal from sub-Saharan Africa.Bohlen, Celestine.  "Laurean Rugambwa, Chosen Africa's First Cardinal, 85," New York Times (US). December 11, 1997; retrieved 2012-6-21. Laurean Rugambwa was born in Bukongo, Tanganyika (modern Tanzania).Bukoba Catholic Diocese,  "Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa" ; retrieved 2012-6-21. He became a priest in 1943. In Rome, he studied Canon law at the Pontifical Urban College.

In the early 1950s, Rugambwa became a bishop.  He was the first Tanzanian bishop. Rugambwa was made a cardinal by Pope John XXIII in 1960.Cortesi, Arnaldo.  "Pope John Names a Negro Cardinal; A Native African, a Japanese and a Filipino Among 7 to Be Princes of Church," New York Times. March 4, 1960. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

Cardinal Rugambwa participated in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.

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Other websites
 Tanzania Episcopal Conference , His Eminence Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa 
 Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ,Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church 
 Catholic Hierarchy, Catholic-Hierarchy

Category:1912 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
Category:Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Tanzanian people