Bernardin Gantin

 

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.