Sunday 3 March 2013

The new pope... another choice

Well, while we are all anxious to know the date of the next conclave, We can in the meantime choose who we would like the next Pope to be.... And so as a Caribbean man I choose a man who lived in the caribbean- 

Manuel Monteiro de Castro
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzman
Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary
Born: 1938.03.29 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest: 1961.07.09
Consecrated Bishop: 1985.03.23
Created Cardinal: 2012.02.18

The good Cardinal was nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago from 1985-1990.

According to Wikipedia: On 5 January 2012 Archbishop Monteiro de Castro was appointed Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary It is the job as major penitentiary to ensure the absolution of excommunications latæ sententiæ reserved to the Holy See, the dispensation of sacramental impediments reserved to the Holy See, and the issuance and governance of indulgences. On 21 April 2012 Cardinal Monteiro de Castro was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants, Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the Congregation for Bishops. He will hold these memberships until he is 80.

Below is a list of the good Cardinals appointments. Despite his views on Homosexuality, Benedict XVI has sought it fit to keep promoting him. 

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Bahamas (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Barbados (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Belize (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Dominica (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Jamaica (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Grenada (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Saint Lucia (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Trinidad and Tobago (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Delegate of Antille (1985.02.16 – 1990.08.21)
Titular Archbishop of Beneventum (1985.02.16 – 2012.02.18)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Antigua and Barbuda (1987.04.25 – 1990.08.21)
Apostolic Nuncio of Honduras (1990.08.21 – 1991.04.12)
Apostolic Nuncio of El Salvador (1990.08.21 – 1998.02.02)
Apostolic Nuncio of Namibia (1998.02.02 – 2000.03.01)
Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa (1998.02.02 – 2000.03.01)
Apostolic Nuncio of Swaziland (1998.02.02 – 2000.03.01)
Apostolic Nuncio of Lesotho (1998.03.07 – 2000.03.01)
Apostolic Nuncio of Andorra (2000.03.01 – 2009.07.03)
Apostolic Nuncio of Spain (2000.03.01 – 2009.07.03)
Permanent Observer of World Tourism Organization (WTO) (2007.12.07 – 2009.07.03)
Secretary of Congregation for Bishops (2009.07.03 – 2012.01.05)
Secretary of College of Cardinals (2009.10.21 – 2012.01.05)
Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary (2012.01.05 – ...)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzman (2012.02.18 – ...)

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