Joseph Coutts

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Cardinal Joseph Coutts (2016)

Joseph Cardinal Coutts (born July 21, 1945 in Amritsar , India ) is a Pakistani clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Karachi .

Life

Joseph Coutts studied at Christ the King Seminary in Karachi and was ordained priestly for the diocese of Lahore on January 9, 1971 in Lahore . After further studies in Rome he became professor of philosophy at Christ the King Regional Seminary in Karachi, later rector of St. Mary's Minor Seminary in Lahore and vicar general .

bishop

Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor bishop in the diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan on May 5, 1988 . The episcopal ordination donated him on September 16, 1988 Bishop Bonaventure Patrick Paul OFM ; Co- consecrators were Armando Trindade , Bishop of Lahore, and Archbishop Emanuele Gerada , Apostolic Nuncio in Pakistan . With the resignation of Bonaventure Patrick Paul on September 1, 1990, he succeeded him as Bishop of Hyderabad. On June 27, 1998, he was appointed bishop of Faisalabad . On January 25, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the Archbishop of Karachi.

cardinal

On Pentecost Sunday , May 20, 2018, Pope Francis announced a consistory for the creation of new cardinals for June 28, 2018, after the public prayer of Regina caeli, and named Joseph Coutts as one of 14 candidates. In this consistory he accepted him as cardinal priest of San Bonaventura da Bagnoregio in the college of cardinals . The takeover of his titular church took place on September 29 of the same year. On October 6 of the same year, the Pope appointed him a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue .

Coutts is the director of Caritas in Pakistan.

Awards

2007: Shalom Prize
2013: International Paul VI Prize.

Web links

Footnotes

^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Karachi (Pakistan) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 25, 2012, accessed May 24, 2018 (Italian).
↑ Annuncio di Concistoro il 28 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 20, 2018, accessed July 21, 2018 (Italian).
↑ Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 28, 2018, accessed June 28, 2018 (Italian).
^ Nuovi Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 6, 2018, accessed October 9, 2018 (Italian).
^ Monsignor Joseph Coutts (Karachi) in Italia dal 5 all'11 ottobre. Servizio Informazione Religiosa, September 27, 2013, accessed May 24, 2018 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Bonaventure Patrick Paul OFM	Bishop of Hyderabad 1990–1998	Max John Rodrigues
John Joseph	Bishop of Faisalabad 1998–2012	Joseph Arshad
Simeon Anthony Pereira	Archbishop of Karachi since 2012	---

personal data
SURNAME	Coutts, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Coutts, Joseph Kaardinal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Pakistani clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Karachi
DATE OF BIRTH	July 21, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amritsar , India

[1] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Karachi (Pakistan) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 25, 2012, accessed May 24, 2018 (Italian).

[2] Annuncio di Concistoro il 28 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 20, 2018, accessed July 21, 2018 (Italian).

[3] Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 28, 2018, accessed June 28, 2018 (Italian).

[4] Nuovi Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 6, 2018, accessed October 9, 2018 (Italian).

[5] Monsignor Joseph Coutts (Karachi) in Italia dal 5 all'11 ottobre. Servizio Informazione Religiosa, September 27, 2013, accessed May 24, 2018 (Italian).