New cardinal.Quebec City--On September 28, 2003, Pope John Paul Pope John Paul is the name of two Popes of the Roman Catholic Church:
Born in Quebec in 1944, he was ordained a priest in 1968. Father Ouellet became a teacher of dogmatic theology, taught in Colombia, and later served as rector of the Grande Seminaire in Montreal (1990-1994), and of St. Joseph's Seminary in Edmonton (1994-1997). He then moved to Rome where he became Chairman of Dogmatic Theology at the John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. Institute of Marriage and the Family of the Pontifical Lateran University The Pontifical Lateran University (in Italian: Pontificia Università Lateranense) (also known as the Lateranum) is a Pontifical University in Rome. The institution has four faculties: the faculty of Theology, the faculty of Philosophy and the faculties of Civil Law . In March 2001, Father Ouellet was appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity and ordained a bishop. His transfer back to Canada as Archbishop of Quebec City occurred in November 2002, where he succeeded retiring Archbishop Maurice Couture in January 2003. |
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