RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Turkson

1948 - Today

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Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (born 11 October 1948) is a Ghanaian Catholic prelate who has served as chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences since 2022. He was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 2009 to 2017 and the inaugural prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development from 2017 to 2021. Turkson was previously Archbishop of Cape Coast from 1992 to 2009, and was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Turkson is the 777th most popular religious figure (up from 1,835th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Ghana (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Ghanaian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Turkson ranks 777 out of 3,187. Before him are Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Lucile Randon, Antipope Paschal III, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Charles I, Count of Flanders. After him are Willibrord, Augustine of Canterbury, Apollinaris of Ravenna, Eutychius of Constantinople, József Mindszenty, and Phoebe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Peter Turkson ranks 60. Before him are Rudolf Schenker, Tony Iommi, Powers Boothe, Baldwin Spencer, Grace Jones, and Giovanni Angelo Becciu. After him are Phylicia Rashad, Maye Musk, Claude Jade, Ian Paice, Arie Haan, and Bille August.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Peter Turkson ranks 3 out of 162. Before him are Kofi Annan (1938), and Kwame Nkrumah (1909). After him are John Mahama (1958), John Atta Mills (1944), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Marcel Desailly (1968), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Abedi Pele (1964), John Kufuor (1938), Jerry Rawlings (1947), and Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ghana

Among religious figures born in Ghana, Peter Turkson ranks 1. After him are Peter Poreku Dery (1918), and Richard Baawobr (1959).

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