Francis Arinze

Francis Arinze was born in Eziowelle, in Nigeria's Onitsha region — the Holy See biography's form; Wikipedia's infobox gives Onitsha — on 1 November 1932, and ordained a priest on 23 November 1958 by Cardinal Agagianian. With a summa-cum-laude doctorate on Ibo religion, he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Onitsha in July 1965 and consecrated on 29 August, at thirty-two the youngest Catholic bishop in the world; he attended the final session of the Second Vatican Council. Succeeding as Archbishop of Onitsha in June 1967, he served until March 1985 and presided over Nigeria's bishops' conference (1979–84).

In 1984 John Paul II brought him to Rome to head interreligious dialogue — pro-prefect then President of the Secretariat and Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (1985–2002) — and in October 2002 made him Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (until December 2008). John Paul II created him a cardinal on 25 May 1985, with the deaconry of San Giovanni della Pigna; he became Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri–Segni in April 2005 and was considered papabile that year. He is the author of The Holy Eucharist (2001) and produced more than 1,700 Familyland TV programs teaching the Catechism. His motto is Regnum Christi floreat — “may the kingdom of Christ flourish.”