{{Short description|Papua New Guinean cardinal (born 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Sir John Ribat | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100%|list=[[Missionaries of the Sacred Heart|MSC]] [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]]}} | title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby|Archbishop of Port Moresby]] | image = John Ribat (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Ribat in 2019 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby|Port Moresby]] | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = 26 March 2008 | enthroned = | term = | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = Brian James Barnes | successor = | other_post = Cardinal Priest of [[San Giovanni Battista de' Rossi, Rome|San Giovanni Battista de' Rossi]] (2016–present) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 1 December 1985 | ordained_by = | consecration = 11 February 2001 | consecrated_by = Gérard-Joseph Deschamps | cardinal = 19 November 2016 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal priest]] <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = John Ribat | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|02|09|df=yes}} | birth_place = Volavolo, [[Territory of New Guinea]] | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | tomb = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = {{plainlist| * [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina|Bishop of Bereina]] (2002–2008) * [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby|Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby]] (2007–2008) }} | education = | alma_mater = | motto = Peace through Jesus' heart | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of John Ribat.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = | module = | other = }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = | date of priestly ordination = 1 December 1985 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = [[Gerard-Joseph Deschamps]] | co-consecrators = [[Brian James Barnes]]<br/>[[Benedict To Varpin]] | date of consecration = 11 February 2001 | elevated by = [[Pope Francis]] | date of elevation = 19 November 2016 }} {{Infobox Cardinal styles |name = John Ribat |image = Coat of arms of John Ribat.svg |image_size = 200px |dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] |offstyle = Your Eminence |relstyle = |deathstyle = }}

'''Sir John Ribat''' {{post-nominals|list=[[Missionaries of the Sacred Heart|MSC]] [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]]}} (born 9 February 1957) is a Papua New Guinean [[prelate]] of the [[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, [[East New Britain]], [[Papua New Guinea]]. He professed as a member of the [[Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus]] in February 1979.<ref name=register>{{cite news | url = http://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/23451-papua-new-guinea-s-first-cardinal-to-represent-catholics-in-small-places | work = The Catholic Register | access-date = 22 November 2016| date = 28 October 2016 | title = Papua New Guinea's first cardinal to represent Catholics in 'small places' | first = Jonathan | last = Luxmoore | agency = Catholic News Service}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=register/>

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.

Between 2011 and 2014, Ribat was the President of the [[Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/org/conference-082 |title= The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands |website= gcatholic.org |access-date= 18 June 2025}}</ref>

He was conferred a knighthood on 12 June 2016 in the [[Queen's Official Birthday|Queen's Birthday Honours list]].<ref>{{cite news |access-date =31 August 2018|work= The National| date= 14 June 2016 | url = https://www.thenational.com.pg/deputy-pm-catholic-archbishop-knighted/ | title = Deputy PM, Catholic archbishop knighted }}</ref>

On 9 October 2016, [[Pope Francis]] announced that he planned to raise Ribat to the rank of cardinal at a consistory scheduled for 19 November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/10/09/0723/01609.html|title=Annuncio di Concistoro il 19 novembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali|publisher=Press Office of the Holy See}}</ref> He was made a Cardinal Priest on that day and assigned to the titular church of [[San Giovanni Battista de Rossi (church)|San Giovanni Battista de Rossi]].<ref>{{cite press release| publisher=Holy See Press Office | date = 19 November 2016 | access-date= 19 November 2016| url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/11/19/161119b.html | title=Titular churches and diaconates of the new cardinals, 19.11.2016}}</ref> He is the first cardinal from his country.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}

Francis made him a member of the [[Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development]] on 23 December 2017.<ref>{{cite press release| publisher =[[Holy See Press Office]] | date= 23 December 2017 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/12/23/171223a.html | access-date =25 December 2017| title = Resignations and Appointments, 23.12.2017}}</ref>

He participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commonscat}} * {{cite web| access-date = 24 October 2017| title= Ribat Card. John, M.S.C. |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ribat_j.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904105114/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ribat_j.html }} * {{cite news|last1=Roques|first1=Constance|title=Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée: Mgr John Ribat, premier cardinal|url=https://fr.zenit.org/articles/papouasie-nouvelle-guinee-mgr-john-ribat-premier-cardinal/ |language=fr |access-date=24 October 2017|work=Zenit|date=19 November 2016}}

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