Filipino cardinal

Luis Antonio Tagle

Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church, and has been the pro-prefect for the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization since December 8, 2019. He previously served as the 32nd archbishop of Manila from 2011 to 2020, and earlier on as bishop of Imus from 2001 to 2011. Tagle is the current cardinal bishop of Albano and also serves as the president of the Catholic Biblical Federation, grand chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, president of the Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious, and as a member of various departments and dicasteries in the Roman Curia. He is often referred to by his nickname, Chito.

Born

1957

June 21

Died

Living

Era

1950s

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1957 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

533 A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.
1307 Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
1529 French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
1582 Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.

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The world in 1957

When Luis arrived

april 11 United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
april 24 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
april 30 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
april 6 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

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Alois Hába 1893– Czech composer and educator (died 1973) Benazir Bhutto 1953–2007 Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953) Claude Auchinleck 1884– English field marshal (died 1981) Dimitris Papaioannou 1964– Greek director and choreographer Heinrich Wölfflin 1864– Swiss historian and critic (died 1945) John Paul Young 1950– Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey 1985– American singer-songwriter Lana Wachowski 1965– American director, producer, and screenwriter Mary McCarthy 1912–1989 American novelist and critic (died 1989)

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Osama bin Laden 1957–2011 Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011) Ade Edmondson 1957– English comedian and musician Ben Howland 1957– American basketball player and coach Bill Cartwright 1957– American basketball player and coach Bill Cowher 1957– American football player, coach, and analyst Bret Hart 1957– Canadian wrestler Bryan Robson 1957– English footballer and manager Chalermchai Sitthisart 1957– Thai military officer, 40th Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army Charlie Brandt 1957–2004 American serial killer (died 2004)

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