Cardinal Arinze Shares Memories of Priest Who Could Become Nigeria’s First Saint

Daniel Ibañez
‘He was the first priest I knew.’: Cardinal Francis Arinze recalls the witness of Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi during an EWTN News interview. EWTN News

The cardinal was baptized at the age of 9 by Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, a Nigerian priest known for his holiness, pastoral zeal and asceticism, in 1941 and says the priest left an indelible mark on his life and vocation.

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