Peter Turkson

Styles of
**Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson**
Styles of; Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

His Eminence

Peter Turkson
His Eminence; Peter Turkson
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences; and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences;
	Turkson in 2017
Church	Catholic Church
Appointed	4 April 2022
Predecessor	Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of San Liborio (2003–)
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Cape Coast (1992–2009); President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2009–2017); Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (2017–2021);
Orders
Ordination	20 July 1975; by John Kodwo Amissah
Consecration	27 March 1993; by Dominic Kodwo Andoh
Created cardinal	21 October 2003; by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson; 11 October 1948 (age 76); Wassaw Nsuta, Gold Coast
Nationality	Ghanaian
Denomination	Catholic (Latin Church)
Alma mater	St. Teresa's Seminary- Amisano, Ghana
Motto	Vivere Christus est (To live is Christ)
Coat of arms

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.^[1]

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.^[2] Turkson was previously Archbishop of Cape Coast from 1992 to 2009, and was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003. He has been viewed as papabile, a likely candidate for election to the papacy, both during the 2013 papal conclave which elected Pope Francis, as well as the 2025 papal conclave, which elected Pope Leo XIV.

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