Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi

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Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi (Aguleri in Anambra State, Nigeria, September, 1903 – Leicester, England, January 24, 1964) was ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria, on December 19, 1937.[Rite of Beatification] He was later a Cistercian Monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England.God's Invisible Hand: The Life and Work of Francis Cardinal Arinze, an Interview with Gerard O'Connell, p, 111 (Ignatius Press, 2006) ISBN 978-1-58617-135-3 He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 22, 1998, who said "Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi is a prime example of the fruits of holiness which have grown and matured in the Church in Nigeria since the Gospel was first preached in this land. He received the gift of faith through the efforts of the missionaries, and taking the Christian way of life as his own he made it truly African and Nigerian." [''Homily at the Mass for the Beatification of Father Cyprian Tansi], Pope John Paul II

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