Joseph Cordeiro
{{Short description|Pakistani Catholic prelate}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Cardinal
| honorific_prefix = His Eminence
| name = Joseph Cordeiro
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| title = Cardinal
Archbishop of Karachi
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| church = Roman Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Karachi
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| see = Karachi
| elected = 7 May 1958
| term = 11 February 1994
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| predecessor = James Cornelius van Miltenburg O.F.M.
| successor = Simeon Anthony Pereira
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| other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (1973-94)
| ordination = 24 August 1946
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| consecration = 7 May 1958
| consecrated_by = Archbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M.
| cardinal = 5 March 1973
| created_cardinal_by = Pope Paul VI
| rank = 35px Cardinal-Priest
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| birth_name = Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1918|1|19}}
| birth_place = Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1994|02|11|1918|1|19}}
| death_place = Holy Family Hospital, Karachi
| buried = Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|24.8619|N|67.0349|E|}}
| nationality = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistani
| religion = Roman Catholic
| residence = Karachi
| parents = Dr. Peter Cordeiro(Father) Elvine Cordeiro(Mother)
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| previous_post = President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan (1958-1994)
| education = Master of Arts
| alma_mater = St Patrick's High School, Karachi.
University of Bombay.
Oxford University.
| motto = Omnia OmnibusLatin{{Cite web|url=http://www.araldicavaticana.com/cardinali_motti__parte__seconda.htm|title = Cardinali_motti_ parte_ seconda}}
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| name= Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro
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| date of priestly ordination = 24 August 1946
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| consecrated by = Archbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M.
| co-consecrators = Bishop Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. ,
Bishop Leonard Joseph Raymond
| date of consecration = 24 August 1958
| place of consecration =
| elevated by = Pope Paul VI
| date of elevation = 5 March 1973
| sources =
| bishop 1 = Bishop Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M.
| consecration date 1 = 14 June 1971
| bishop 2 =Bishop John Joseph
| consecration date 2 = 9 January 1981
| bishop 3 =Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo
| consecration date 3 = 1 October 1982
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Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro (19 January 1918 – 11 February 1994) was a Catholic prelate who in 1973 became the first Pakistani cardinal.{{Cite book|title = Eye on the Sparrow: The Remarkable Journey of Father Joseph Nisari, Pakistani Priest|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U7F6LpwYq04C|publisher = Hillcrest Publishing Group|date = 2010-01-01|isbn = 9781936400874|language = en|first = Rosemary|last = Colgrove}}
Early life
Cordeiro was born to a Goan family which hailed from the village of Salvador do Mundo in Goa.[https://itsgoa.com/goan-origin-archbishop-joseph-coutts-appointed-cardinal-by-pope Goan origin archbishop Joseph Coutts appointed cardinal by Pope]. Its Goa.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Pakistans-Goa-Connections/articleshow/55213561.cms|title=Pakistan's Goa Connections|work=The Times of India|date=3 November 2016|accessdate=28 April 2020}} He was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi, the University of Bombay and Oxford University. He received his religious training at the Papal Seminary in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and was ordained a priest in Karachi, Pakistan on 24 August 1946.Ali, G. and Ali, M. St. Patrick’s: A journey of 175 years. Archdiocese of Karachi, 2018.
Career
From 1946 to 1948, he did pastoral work in Hyderabad and Karachi.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}
He then attended Oxford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}
In 1950 he was appointed Vice Principal of St Patrick's High School, Karachi.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} From 1952 he served as principal of St Francis Grammar School in Quetta and as rector of the St. Pius X Minor Seminary in Quetta. On 7 May 1958, he was appointed Archbishop of Karachi, with his seat at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi.{{cite news |title=Cardinal Cordeiro first Pakistani cardinal dies in Karachi |url=http://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1994/02/14/cardinal-cordeiro-first-pakistani-cardinal-dies-in-karachi&post_id=44747 |website=UCANews.com |date=14 February 1994}}{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkara.html |title=Archdiocese of Karachi |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org}}
He attended the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the First Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1967), the First Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1969) and the Second Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1971). He was elected a member of the Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (1971).
He was the first Pakistani cardinal, a position elevated by Pope Paul VI (1973). He attended both papal conclaves in 1978, and was mentioned as papabile by Time Magazine after Pope John Paul I's death.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916437-3,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041328/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916437-3,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=A Light That Left Us Amazed |magazine=Time |date=16 October 1978 |accessdate=2010-10-24}}
He wrote a series of articles for the Archdiocesan weekly Christian Voice called "Lessons of a Lifetime", a reflection on his life experiences.
From 1958 until his death, Cordeiro was president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan.
He was also since 1972 the secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.[https://buffalonews.com/news/cardinal-cordeiro-dies-in-pakistan/article_9f5b754f-b2d8-5044-8838-e73b7a7082bf.html The Buffalo News February 14, 1994]
Death
Cordeiro died on 11 February 1994 at Holy Family Hospital with complications due to cancer.{{cite web |title = UCANews.com December 2, 1994| url=http://www.ucanews.com/1994/12/02/a-year-of-stress-for-the-pakistani-church-in-1994/?key=st+francis+xavier+pakistan}} Cordeiro was succeeded by Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira.
Honors
Cordeiro was honoured by the Christ the King Seminary in Karachi that has hosted the Cardinal Cordeiro Cricket tournament to promote religious vocations since 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.ucanews.com/2010/09/17/pakistan-seminary-plays-a-vocational-innings/ |title=UCANews September 17, 2010 |accessdate=2010-10-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522094600/http://www.ucanews.com/2010/09/17/pakistan-seminary-plays-a-vocational-innings/ |archivedate=22 May 2011 }}
On 6 May 2011, The Old Patricians (former students of St Patrick's school) presented the Joseph Cardinal Cordeiro Gold Medal to the top student from the Cambridge A level section at the closing ceremony of the 150th anniversary of the school.[http://www.theoldpatricians.org/goldmedels.htm The Old Patricians website accessed 8 April 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728154617/http://www.theoldpatricians.org/goldmedels.htm |date=28 July 2013 }}
In 2012, Cardinal Cordeiro High School was named in his honor. The school is located in the Good Shepherd Parish in Korangi Town, Karachi.[http://www.ucanews.com/2012/04/18/mob-attacks-priests-at-school/ UCANews 18 April 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422132337/http://www.ucanews.com/2012/04/18/mob-attacks-priests-at-school/ |date=22 April 2012 }}
His alma mater, St. Patrick's High School named the Cardinal Cordeiro Silver Jubilee Auditorium in his honor.
References
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