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John Ribat
John Ribat (born 9 February 1957) is a Papua New Guinean prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal since 2016. He has been Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby, Archbishop of Port Moresby since 2008. Biography Ribat was born in Volavolo, Papua New Guinea. He professed as a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in February 1979. He was ordained a priest on 1 December 1985. He worked as a parish priest, continued his studies in Manila, and served as master of novices for the Missionaries in Suva, Fiji. On 30 October 2000, Pope John Paul II named him auxiliary bishop of Bereina and titular bishop of Byzacena#Episcopal sees, Macriana Minor. He was consecrated bishop on 11 February 2001 and named Bishop of Bereina on 12 February 2002. Pope Benedict XVI named him Coadjutor Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby, Port Moresby on 16 April 2007 and he succeeded to that office on 26 March 2008. He was con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Eminence
His Eminence (abbreviation H.Em. or H.E. or HE) is a style (manner of address), style of reference for high nobility, still in use in various religious contexts. Catholicism The style remains in use as the official style or standard form of address in reference to a cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Catholic Church, reflecting his status as a Prince of the Church. A longer, and more formal, title is "His (or Your when addressing the cardinal directly) Most Reverend Eminence". Patriarchs of Eastern Catholic Churches who are also cardinals may be addressed as "His Eminence" or by the style particular to Catholic patriarchs, His Beatitude. When the Grand master (order), Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the head of state of their sovereign territorial state comprising the island of Malta until 1797, who had already been made a Reichsfürst (i.e., prince of the Holy Roman Empire) in 1607, became (in terms of honorary order of precedence, not in the act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |