Bernardin Gantin

Bernardin Gantin
Dean of the College of Cardinals (en) 5 ga Yuni, 1993 - 30 Nuwamba, 2002 ← Agnelo Rossi (en) - Benedict na Sha Shida → cardinal-bishop of Ostia (en) 1993 - 2002 ← Agnelo Rossi (en) - Benedict na Sha Shida → Dioceses: Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia (en) cardinal-bishop (en) 29 Satumba 1986 - 13 Mayu 2008 Dioceses: Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina (en) cardinal (en) 27 ga Yuni, 1977 - Catholic archbishop (en) 5 ga Janairu, 1960 - 28 ga Yuni, 1971 ← Louis Parisot (en) - Christophe Adimou (mul) → Dioceses: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotonou (en) titular bishop (en) 11 Disamba 1956 - 5 ga Janairu, 1960 ← Michael Gallagher (en) Dioceses: Tipasa in Mauretania (en) auxiliary bishop (en) 11 Disamba 1956 - 5 ga Janairu, 1960 Dioceses: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotonou (en)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Toffo (en) , 8 Mayu 1922
ƙasa	Benin
Mutuwa	15th arrondissement of Paris (en) da Faris, 13 Mayu 2008
Karatu
Makaranta	Pontifical Lateran University (en) Pontifical Urbaniana University (en)
Harsuna	Faransanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	Catholic priest (en) da Catholic bishop (en)
Mahalarcin October 1978 conclave (en) August 1978 conclave (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Grand Officer of the Order of the White Lion : Václav Havel (mul)  (1996) Grand Cross of the National Order of Benin : Mathieu Kérékou  (26 ga Janairu, 2001) Commander of the Legion of Honour : Jacques Chirac  (2003) Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown  (1988)
Mamba	Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco (en)
Feast
May 13 (en)
Imani
Addini	Cocin katolika

Bernardin Gantin (8 ga Mayu 1922 - 13 ga Mayu 2008) wani limamin Katolika ne na Benin wanda ya riƙe manyan mukamai a Roman Curia tsawon shekaru ashirin kuma mafi girman matsayi a Kwalejin Cardinals tsawon shekaru tara. Fitaccen matsayinsa a cikin shugabancin Cocin bai taɓa faruwa ba ga ɗan Afirka kuma an yi masa daidai da shi da 'yan kaɗan waɗanda ba 'yan Italiya ba.

Ya fara aikinsa a ƙasarsa ta haihuwa da farko a matsayin bishop na mataimakin shugaban cocin sannan kuma a matsayin Bishop na Cotonou . A shekarar 1971, ya fara aikinsa na shekaru talatin a Curia. Bayan ya shafe shekaru da dama a matsayin babban mataimakin shugaban cocin, ya riƙe manyan mukamai a jere a matsayin shugaban Majalisar Paparoma ta Adalci da Zaman Lafiya, shugaban Majalisar Paparoma ta Cor Unum, da kuma shugaban cocin tsarki na Bishop .

Paparoma Paul VI ya naɗa shi babban limamin coci a shekarar 1977, Paparoma John Paul II ya ɗaukaka shi zuwa matsayin babban limamin coci a shekarar 1986, kuma abokan aikinsa sun zaɓe shi shugaban cocin Katolika, a shekarar 1993. Ya yi ritaya ya koma Benin lokacin da ya cika shekaru 80. An buɗe dalilinsa na yin wa'azin addini bayan mutuwarsa kuma Paparoma Francis ya ayyana shi a matsayin Bawan Allah .

Farkon aikina

An haifi Bernadin Gantin a Toffo, Dahomey na Faransa (yanzu Benin ), a ranar 8 ga Mayu 1922. Sunansa yana nufin "itacen ƙarfe" ( gan, ƙarfe da tin, itace). Mahaifinsa ma'aikacin jirgin ƙasa ne. Ya shiga ƙaramin makarantar allo a Ouidah yana da shekaru goma sha huɗu kuma an naɗa shi firistoci a ranar 14 ga Janairu 1951 a Lomé, Togo, ta hannun Archbishop Louis Parisot na Cotonou. Daga nan ya cika ayyukan fastoci yayin da yake koyar da harsuna a makarantar allo. A shekarar 1953 aka tura shi zuwa Rome inda ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Pontifical Urban sannan kuma a Jami'ar Pontifical Lateran, inda ya sami lasisin karatunsa a fannin tauhidi da dokokin coci.