Before the 2008 legislative election, the first election in Angola since the 1992 election that sparked the second phase of the Civil War, the Archbishop stated, "The best way to avoid war is to do the elections in an unquestionably free, just and transparent manner. It is important for political parties to continue collaborating with churches with the view to sensitize the society for a greater turnout in the electoral process."[3]
damião, antónio, franklin, august, 1950, april, 2014, angolan, prelate, roman, catholic, church, fifth, archbishop, luanda, biography, editdamião, franklin, born, cabinda, angola, ordained, priesthood, june, 1978, 1992, appointed, auxiliary, bishop, luanda, ti. Damiao Antonio Franklin August 6 1950 April 28 2014 was an Angolan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church He was the fifth Archbishop of Luanda Biography EditDamiao Franklin was born in Cabinda Angola and ordained to the priesthood in June 1978 1 On May 29 1992 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda and Titular Bishop of Falerone 1 He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 12 from Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento with Archbishop Eduardo Muaca and Felix del Blanco Prieto serving as co consecrators 1 Franklin was later named Archbishop of Luanda on January 23 2001 1 He also serves as President of the Episcopal Conference of Angola Sao Tome 2 He has lamented the corruption in his country saying Much of Angola s wealth goes on weapons Some goes on extravagance like this new presidential palace which is hardly ever used Huge sums simply vanish into private hands 2 In parallel he was the Rector of the Catholic University of Angola Before the 2008 legislative election the first election in Angola since the 1992 election that sparked the second phase of the Civil War the Archbishop stated The best way to avoid war is to do the elections in an unquestionably free just and transparent manner It is important for political parties to continue collaborating with churches with the view to sensitize the society for a greater turnout in the electoral process 3 He served as a secretary to Peter Cardinal Turkson at the special Synod of Bishops for Africa in October 2009 4 Franklin died on April 28 2014 5 6 References Edit a b c d Archbishop Damiao Antonio Franklin Catholic Hierarchy org a b Shukman David 2000 05 05 Angola War without end BBC Lobo Anthony 2008 08 26 Angola Catholic bishops want transparent elections Catholic News Service Archived from the original on 2008 09 09 Wooden Cindy 2009 02 16 Pope names officers for October synod for Africa Catholic News Service Archived from the original on 2009 03 10 Angola Faleceu D Damiao Franklim arcebispo de Luanda Archived 2014 04 29 at the Wayback Machine in Portuguese Ministerial departments regret Archbishop Franklin s death ANGOP Retrieved 2017 07 28 This article about a Roman Catholic archbishop from Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Angolan biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Damiao Antonio Franklin amp oldid 1106934782, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
