{{Short description|Tanzanian Roman Catholic cardinal (1944–2026)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Polycarp Pengo | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam|Archbishop of Dar es Salaam]] | image = Polycarp Cardeal Pengo.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Pengo in 2013 | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam|Dar es Salaam]] | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = | term = | term_start = 22 July 1992 | quashed = | term_end = 15 August 2019 | predecessor = [[Laurean Rugambwa]] | opposed = | successor = [[Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi]] | other_post = [[Nostra Signora de La Salette|Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette]] <!---------- Orders ---------->| ordination = 20 June 1971 | ordained_by = [[Charles Msakila]] | consecration = 6 January 1984 | consecrated_by = [[John Paul II]] | cardinal = 21 February 1998 | created_cardinal_by = John Paul II | rank = Cardinal Priest <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Polycarp Pengo | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|8|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Mwazye, [[Rukwa Region]], [[Tanganyika Territory]] (now Tanzania) | death_date = {{death date and age|2026|2|19|1944|8|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Dar Es Salaam]], Tanzania | buried = [[Pugu, Tanzania|Pugu]], [[Dar Es Salaam]] | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] | residence = | parents = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nachingwea|Bishop of Nachingwea]] (1983–1985)|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tunduru-Masasi|Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi]] (1985–1990)|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam|Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar es Salaam]] (1990-1992)|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam|Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam]] (1992–2019)}} | alma_mater = | motto = ''Ecce ego domine''<br />(Here I am, Lord) | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Polycarp Pengo.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = }} {{Ordination | embed = | expand = | denomination = Catholic | name = Polycarp Pengo | alternate name = | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = [[Charles Msakila]] | date of priestly ordination = 20 June 1971 | place of priestly ordination = [[Roman Catholic diocese of Sumbawanga|Diocese of Sumbawanga]] | consecrated by = [[John Paul II]] | co-consecrators = [[Eduardo Martínez Somalo]], <br>[[Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy]] <!--List several, separated by commas and linebreaks--> | date of consecration = 6 January 1984 | place of consecration = [[Saint Peter's Basilica]], Rome, Italy | elevated by = [[John Paul II]] | date of elevation = 21 February 1998 | bishop 1 = [[Anthony Mathias Banzi]] | consecration date 1 = 15 September 1994 | bishop 2 = [[Agapiti Ndorobo]] | consecration date 2 = 16 June 1995 | bishop 3 = [[Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao]], [[C.S.Sp]] | consecration date 3 = 27 April 1997 | bishop 4 = [[Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi]], [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|O.F.M. Cap]] | consecration date 4 = 16 May 1999 | bishop 5 = [[Jacob Venance Koda]] | consecration date 5 = 30 May 1999 | bishop 6 = [[Desiderius M. Rwoma]] | consecration date 6 = 11 July 1999 | bishop 7 = [[Method Kilaini]] | consecration date 7 = 18 March 2000 | bishop 8 = [[Damian Denis Dallu]] | consecration date 8 = 30 July 2000 | bishop 9 = [[William Pascal Kikoti]] | consecration date 9 = 14 January 2001 | bishop 10 = [[Ludovick Joseph Minde]], [[ALCP/OSS]] | consecration date 10 = 05 August 2001 | bishop 11 = [[Alfred Leonhard Maluma]] | consecration date 11 = 01 September 2002 | bishop 12 = [[Castor Paul Msemwa]] | consecration date 12 = 30 January 2005 | bishop 13 = [[Beatus Kinyaiya]], [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|O.F.M. Cap]] | consecration date 13 = 02 July 2006 | bishop 14 = [[Isaac Amani Massawe]] | consecration date 14 = 22 February 2008 | bishop 15 = [[Protase Rugambwa]] | consecration date 15 = 13 April 2008 | bishop 16 = [[Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza]] | consecration date 16 = 06 November 2008 | bishop 17 = [[Salutaris Melchior Libena]] | consecration date 17 = 19 March 2010 | bishop 18 = [[Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa]] | consecration date 18 = 19 March 2010 | bishop 19 =[[Rogatus Kimaryo]], [[C.S.Sp.]] | consecration date 19 = 13 June 2010 | bishop 20 = [[Renatus Leonard Nkwande]] | consecration date 20 = 20 February 2011 | bishop 21 = [[Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa]] | consecration date 21 = 15 May 2011 | bishop 22 = [[John Chrisostom Ndimbo]] | consecration date 22 = 05 June 2011 | bishop 23 = [[Titus Joseph Mdoe]] | consecration date 23 = 01 May 2013 | bishop 24 = [[Liberatus Sangu]] | consecration date 24 = 12 April 2015 | bishop 25 = | consecration date 25 = ... | bishop 180 = | consecration date 180 = | sources = | qid = Q185988 | suppressfields = | onlysourced = }} {{Infobox cardinal styles | name = Polycarp Pengo | dipstyle = His Eminence | offstyle = Your Eminence | relstyle = Cardinal | See = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam|Dar es Salaam]] | image = Coat of arms of Polycarp Pengo.svg }}
'''Polycarp Pengo''' (5 August 1944 – 19 February 2026) was a Tanzanian [[prelate]] of the [[Catholic Church]] who was [[Archbishop]] of [[Dar-es-Salaam]], from 1992 to 2019. A bishop from 1983, he was made a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 1998.
==Biography== Polycarp Pengo was born on 5 August 1944. He was ordained a priest in 1971 by Bishop Charles Msakila.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=Cardinal Pengo |url=http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpengo.html |website=catholic-hierarchy.com |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref> He studied Moral Theology in Rome at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]], obtaining a doctorate in 1977. He taught Moral theology in [[Kipalapala]] Theological Seminary for a short time, and then became the first Rector of [[Segerea]] Theological Seminary in Dar-es-Salaam up to 1983.
He was made Bishop of [[Nachingwea]] (now [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lindi|Lindi]]) in 1983,<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Pengo, Polycarp |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55221/pengo-polycarp* |website=[[Catholic News Agency]] |publisher=Catholic News Agency (CNA) |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref> and of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tunduru–Masasi|Tunduru-Masasi]] in 1985.
In 1990 he was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, and in 1992 he became [[Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam|Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam]], following the resignation of Cardinal [[Laurean Rugambwa]].<ref name="auto"/>
Pengo was proclaimed a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 21 February 1998. Pengo was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]] and in the [[Papal conclave, 2013|2013 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Francis]].<ref name="auto1"/>
He had the following [[Roman Curia|Curia]]l Memberships: [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples|Evangelization of the Peoples, Doctrine of Faith]] (congregations); [[Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue|Interreligious Dialogue]]; Culture (councils); Special Council for Africa of the General of the Synod of Bishops.
From 2007 he was president of the SECAM ([[Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=African Cardinals |url=https://secam.org/african-cardinals/ |website=secam.org |publisher=SECAM |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>
On 18 September 2012, he was appointed by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] as a Synod Father for the October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the [[Synod of Bishops (Catholic)|Synod of Bishops]].<ref>{{Cite press release | date = 18 September 2012 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/09/18/0522/01169.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 18.09.2012 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref>
[[Pope Francis]] accepted his retirement as archbishop on 15 August 2019.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 15 August 2019 | date= 15 August 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/08/15/0629/01294.html | language = it | title = Rinunce e nomine, 15.08.2019}}</ref>
On 19 February 2026, Pengo died while receiving treatment at the [[Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute]] (JKCI). He was 81.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kardinali Pengo afariki Dunia akiwa Taasisi ya Moyo ya Jakaya Kikwete (JKCI) |url=https://www.jamiiforums.com/threads/kardinali-pengo-afariki-dunia-akiwa-taasisi-ya-moyo-ya-jakaya-kikwete-jkci.2420565/ |publisher=Jamiiforums |access-date=20 February 2026}}</ref>
==Views== ===Homosexuality=== In 2000, Pengo hit out at the commission of homosexual acts, saying it was one of the most heinous sins on earth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_76__article_536.htm |title=Homosexuality one of the most heinous sins on earth |access-date=1 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615225538/http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_76__article_536.htm |archive-date=15 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Clashes in Tanzania=== In 2004, he lashed out at the perpetrators of clashes claiming to pursue a religious cause.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_76__article_535.htm |title=Good Friday Homily |access-date=1 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028113641/http://cardinalrating.com/cardinal_76__article_535.htm |archive-date=28 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Church teaching on AIDS=== {{Further|Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS}} Pengo has declared that the AIDS epidemic cannot be overcome by relying exclusively or primarily on the distribution of prophylactics, but only through a strategy based on education to individual responsibility in the framework of a moral view of human sexuality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zenit.org/article-27682?l=english|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615111143/http://zenit.org/article-27682?l=english |url-status=dead |title=Africa's Bishops Back Pope in AIDS Message|archive-date=15 June 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commons category}} * {{cite web| access-date = 14 November 2017| title= Pengo Card. Polycarp |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_pengo_p.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904070712/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_pengo_p.html }} * {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130102055852/http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=131 Cardinal Pengo's catholic-pages bio]}}
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