Pope Francis is to create 21 new cardinals, including two former students of the ÉBAF: S.E Mons. Jean-Paul Vesco, o.p., archbishop of Algiers, and S.E. Mons. Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, bishop of Kalookan, area of Manilla, Philippines. Before the consistory of December 8th, let’s remember what they did at the École.
After graduating from canon law, dominican Friar J-P Vesco thrived at the ÉBAF during the 2001-2022 academic year. As he loved the Bible so much, he asked to spend his last two years of studies in Jerusalem, where he conducted a research on divine curse in Deuteronomy.
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Friars J-P Vesco, and Olivier Poquillon when Pope Francis visited Rabat, Morocco.
Mgr. David, after a first row of ecclesiastic studies, successfully mastered many disciplines. Father Émile Puech still remembers his former biblical Aramaic student. He graduated with honours by delivering formidable personal works based on the ancient Greek version of the Book of Daniel in 1990. Funny thing is, he was congratulated by the director of the ÉBAF, who at that time was none other than Fr. Jean-Luc Vesco, o.p., uncle to Algier’s next cardinal.
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Photo : Vatican News
