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GANTIN, Bernardin (1922-

Birth. May 8, 1922, Toffo, archdiocese of Cotonou, Benin (then Dahomey).

Education. Seminary of Ouidah, Ouidah; Pontifical Urbanian Athaenaeum, Rome.

Priesthood. Ordained, January 14, 1951, Cotonou, by Louis Parisot, M.Afr., archbishop of Cotonou. Faculty member, Seminary of Quidah and pastoral work in archdiocese of Cotonou, 1951-1953. Further studies, 1953-1956, Rome.

Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Tipasa di Mauritania and appointed auxiliary of Cotonou, December 11, 1956. Consecrated, February 3, 1957, Vatican City, by Cardinal Eugène Tisserant, bishop of the suburbicarian sees of Ostia and Porto e Santa Rufina, dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, prefect of S.C. Ceremonial and Librarian and Archivist of Holy Roman Church. Promoted to metropolitan see of Cotonou, January 5, 1960. Attended II Vatican Council, 1962-1965. Attended I Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29-October 29, 1967; I Extraordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 11-28, 1969. Secretary adjunct of S.C. for Evangelization of Peoples, March 5, 1971. Resigned pastoral government of archdiocese, June 28, 1971. Secretary of S.C. for Evangelization of Peoples, February 26, 1973. Vice-president of Pontifical Commission Iustitia et Pax, December 19, 1975; pro-president, December 16, 1976.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of June 27, 1977; received the red biretta and the deaconry of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re, June 27, 1977. President of Pontifical Commission Iustitia et Pax, June 29, 1977. Attended IV Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30-October 29, 1977. President of Pontifical Council Cor Unum, September 4, 1978. Participated in the conclave of August 25-26, 1978. Participated in the conclave of October 14-16, 1978. Attended I Plenary Assembly of Sacred College of Cardinals, Vatican City, November 5-9, 1979. Special papal envoy to 4th centennial celebrations of St. Peter Claver's birth, Cartagena, Colombia, June 24, 1980. Attended V Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 26-October 25, 1980; president delegate. Papal legate to 42nd International Eucharistic Congress, July 16-23, 1981, Lourdes, France. Attended VI Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29-October 28, 1983. Resigned presidency of commission and of council, April 8, 1984. Prefect of the S.C. for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, April 8, 1984. Opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated pro illa vice to title, June 25, 1984. Special papal envoy to celebrations of 150th anniversary of beginning of evangelization in archdiocese of Papetee, Tahiti, French Polynesia, August 10, 1984. Attended III Plenary Assembly of College of Cardinals, November 21-23, 1985; II Extraordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 24-December 8, 1985. Cardinal bishop of title of suburbicarian see of Palestrina, September 29, 1986. Special papal envoy to celebration of first centennial of evangelization, Port-Vila, Republic of Vanuatu, September 8, 1987.Attended VII Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 1-30, 1987; VIII Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30-October 28, 1990; Special Assembly of World Synod of Bishops for Europe, Vatican City, November 28-December 14, 1991; IV General Conference of Latin American Episcopate, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, October 12-28, 1992. Dean of College of Cardinals and bishop of title of suburbicarian see of Ostia, June 5, 1993. Special papal envoy to inauguration of shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Campinas, Brazil, December 12, 1993. Attended Special Assembly of World Synod of Bishops for Africa, Vatican City, April 10-May 8, 1994; IX Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 2-29, 1994. Special papal envoy to funeral of Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, Algiers, killed in a bomb explosion, Oran, Algiers, August 5, 1996. Attended Special Assembly for America of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 16-December 12, 1997; Special Assembly for Asia of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, April 29-May 14, 1998. Resigned prefecture and presidency, June 25, 1998. Attended Special Assembly for Oceania of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 22-December 12, 1998. Papal representative to funeral of King Hassan II of Morocco, Rabat, July 25, 1999. Attended II Special Assembly for Europe of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 1-23, 1999. Special papal envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, December 1-3, 2000. Special papal envoy to the conclusive celebrations of the Evangelization of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, January 21, 2001. Attended X Ordinary Assembly of World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30-October 27, 2001. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned 80 years old, May 8, 2002. Resigned the deanship of the College of Cardinals and the title of the suburbicarian see of Ostia, and became dean emeritus, November 30, 2002. Returned to Benin, December 4, 2002.

 

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