CARDINAL GANTIN CELEBRATES 50 YEARS AS A PRIEST

VATICAN CITY, JAN 13, 2001 (VIS) - Made public today was a message from the Pope, written in Latin and dated December 14, addressed to Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, dean of the College of Cardinals, who tomorrow will celebrate fifty years in the priesthood. The cardinal was ordained a priest on January 14, 1951, consecrated a bishop on February 3, 1957 and created a cardinal by Paul VI in 1977.

MESS;50TH ANNIVERSARY PRIESTHOOD;...;GANTIN;VIS;20010115;Word: 70;