Robert Cardinal Sarah

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana

Motto: Sufficit Tibi Gratia Mea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jun 1945		Born
20 Jul 1969	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
13 Aug 1979	34.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
23 Aug 1979	34.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kankan, Guinea
8 Dec 1979	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
17 Nov 1993	48.4	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Kankan, Guinea
1 Oct 2001	56.2	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
7 Oct 2010	65.3	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
20 Nov 2010	65.4	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Nov 2010	65.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana
30 Jan 2011	65.6	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana
28 Feb 2013	67.7	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
16 Mar 2013	67.7	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
24 Nov 2014	69.4	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
20 Feb 2021	75.6	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
3 May 2021	75.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana

MicroData Summary
Robert Sarah
Robert Cardinal Sarah
(born 15 Jun 1945)
Prefect Emeritus of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Consistory - 2010: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Ourous, Vicariate Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea
Ordained Priest Sainte Marie, Cathedral, Conakry, Archdiocese of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
Ordained Bishop Sainte Marie, Cathedral, Conakry, Archdiocese of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea

Please contact the Cardinal through the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}
Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Cardinal Benelli †
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luc Auguste Sangaré †
Archbishop of Bamako
Bishop Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt †
Bishop of Angers

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Cardinal Benelli † (1966)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly (1981)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly (1994)
Bishop Emmanuel Félémou † (2007)
Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo (2008)
Bishop Joseph Befe Ateba † (2008)
Bishop Raphaël Balla Guilavogui (2008)
Bishop Moïse Tinguiano (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène (2000)
Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto (2002)
Claudio Cardinal Gugerotti (2002)
Archbishop Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana (2002)
Archbishop Giovanni d’Aniello (2002)
Bishop Daniel Mizonzo (2002)
Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu (2002)
Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa (2002)
Bishop Franco Agostinelli (2002)
Bishop Amândio José Tomás (2002)
Bishop Vittorio Lanzani (2002)
Dominique François Joseph Cardinal Mamberti (2002)
Archbishop Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz (2002)
Bishop Alain Harel (2002)
Archbishop Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (2003)
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher (2004)
Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa Coso (2004)
Bishop Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. (2005)
Archbishop Nicola Girasoli (2006)
Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli (2006)
Protase Cardinal Rugambwa (2008)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 60861936
WikiData: Q550079

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 7 Oct 2010
c: Bollettino, 16 Mar 2013
ab: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 59, Number 4,429
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 20 Feb 2021
ab: Bollettino, 3 May 2021

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