John Ribat

John Cardinal Ribat (November 2016)

Cardinal coat of arms

Sir John Cardinal Ribat MSC KBE (born February 9, 1957 in Volavolo ) is Archbishop of Port Moresby .

Life

John Ribat joined the order of the Sacred Heart Missionaries and was ordained a priest on December 1, 1985 . After his first activity as a pastor between 1985 and 1991, he became novice master of his order in Fiji in 1998 , which he was in Manila from 1992 to 1996 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Bereina and titular bishop of Macriana Minor on October 30, 2000 . The Bishop of Bereina, Gérard-Joseph Deschamps SMM , donated him episcopal ordination on February 11 of the following year ; Co- consecrators were Brian James Barnes, OFM , Archbishop of Port Moresby , and Benedict To Varpin , Archbishop of Madang .

On February 12, 2002, he was appointed Bishop of Bereina. On April 16, 2007 he was by Pope Benedict XVI. named Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby. When Brian James Barnes' OFM retired on March 26, 2008, he succeeded him as Archbishop of Port Moresby. From 2011 to 2014 he chaired the Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea. In 2014 Ribat became President of the Council of Oceanic Bishops' Conferences.

In the consistory of November 19, 2016, Pope Francis accepted him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Giovanni Battista de Rossi in the college of cardinals . John Ribat is the first cardinal from Papua New Guinea.

On December 23, 2017, the Pope appointed him a member of the Dicastery for the Holistic Development of Man . In the following year, as President of the Oceanic Bishops' Council, he was appointed delegate to the 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops , which took place from October 3 to 28, 2018.

Web links

Ribat, MSC, John. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 19, 2017.
Entry for John Ribat on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved January 19, 2017.

Individual evidence

↑ nouns dell'Ausiliare della Diocese Bereina (Papua Nuova Guinea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 11, 2000, accessed October 18, 2016 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Bereina (Papua Nuova Guinea) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 11, 2002, accessed October 18, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Coadiutore di Port Moresby (Papua Nuova Guinea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 17, 2007, accessed October 18, 2016 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia e Successione dell'Arcivescovo di Port Moresby (Papua Nuova Guinea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 26, 2008, accessed October 18, 2016 (Italian).
↑ Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli o Diaconie. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 19, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 23, 2017, accessed December 23, 2017 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Gérard-Joseph Deschamps SMM	Bishop of Bereina 2002-2007	Rochus Tatamai MSC
Brian James Barnes OFM	Archbishop of Port Moresby since 2008	---

personal data
SURNAME	Ribat, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ribat, John Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port Moresby and Cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH	February 9, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Volavolo

[1] nouns dell'Ausiliare della Diocese Bereina (Papua Nuova Guinea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 11, 2000, accessed October 18, 2016 (Italian).

[2] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Bereina (Papua Nuova Guinea) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 11, 2002, accessed October 18, 2016 (Italian).

[3] Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Coadiutore di Port Moresby (Papua Nuova Guinea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 17, 2007, accessed October 18, 2016 (Italian).

[4] Rinuncia e Successione dell'Arcivescovo di Port Moresby (Papua Nuova Guinea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 26, 2008, accessed October 18, 2016 (Italian).

[5] Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli o Diaconie. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 19, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 (Italian).

[6] Nomina di Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 23, 2017, accessed December 23, 2017 (Italian).