ROMAN CURIA
Negro May Be Appointed (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) ROME May 10. Pope Paul had been considering appointing a Negro African bishop to a post in the Roman Curia, a Vatican source said. The source said Bishop Jean Zoa, of Yaounde, Cameroon, might be selected by the Pontiff as secretary of the powerful Consistorial Congregation. The 43-year-old prelate, ordained a priest in 1950, would thus become the first Negro monsignor to be permanently stationed at the Vatican as a member of the curia, the Rome-based administrative body of the Roman Catholic Church. There are numerous Negro bishops serving in dioceses around the world. The 93-member College of Cardinals includes two Negroes, Lauren Cardinal Rugambwa, of Bukoba, Tanzania, and Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, of Ouagadougou, Upper Volta.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31366, 11 May 1967, Page 18
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