His Eminence Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
See | Karachi |
In office | 1958–1994 |
Predecessor | James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. |
Successor | Simeon Anthony Pereira |
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Ordination | 24 August 1946 |
Consecration | 7 May 1958 |
Created Cardinal | 5 March 1973 by Pope Paul VI |
Rank | Cardinal-priest |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bombay, British India (now India) |
19 January 1918
Died | 11 February 1994 Karachi, Pakistan |
(aged 76)
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Styles of Joseph Cordeiro |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Karachi |
Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro (January 19, 1918 -- February 11, 1994) was the first Pakistani cardinal.
Cordeiro was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi, the University of Bombay and Oxford University. He received his religious training at the Papal Seminary in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and was ordained a priest in Karachi, Pakistan on August 24, 1946.
From 1946 to 1948, he did pastoral work in Hyderabad and Karachi.
He then attended Oxford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree.
In 1950 he was appointed Vice Principal of St Patrick's High School, Karachi. From 1952 he served as principal of St Francis Grammar School in Quetta and as rector of the St. Pius X Minor Seminary in Quetta. On 7 May 1958, he was appointed Archbishop of Karachi, with his seat at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi.
He attended the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the First Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1967), the First Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1969) and the Second Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1971). He was elected a member of the Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (1971).