Gabriel Zubeir Wako

His Eminence Gabriel Zubeir Wako
Cardinal, Archbishop of Khartoum
Archdiocese	Khartoum
Appointed	30 October 1979
Installed	10 October 1981
Predecessor	Agostino Baroni
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio a Via Tiburtina
Orders
Ordination	21 July 1963 by Ireneus Wien Dud
Consecration	6 April 1975 by Agnelo Rossi
Created Cardinal	21 October 2003
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1941-02-27) 27 February 1941 Mboro, Sudan
Nationality	Sudanese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Bishop of Wau (1974 - 1979)

Styles of Gabriel Zubeir Wako
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Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Khartoum

Gabriel Zubeir Wako (born 27 February 1941) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan. Born in Mboro, Sudan, he was ordained a priest on 21 July 1963. He was appointed Bishop of Wau in 1974, and Archbishop of Khartoum in 1981. Zubeir Wako was proclaimed a Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

Cardinal Zubeir Wako escaped an assassination attempt by a member of the predominantly Muslim Messiria tribe when celebrating Sunday Mass on 10 October 2010.

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that selected Pope Francis.

On Saturday, August 15, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Obeid in El Obeid, Sudan, to serve as Coadjutor Archbishop to Cardinal Zubeir Wako; meaning he will serve as his Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General, and also have the right to succeed Cardinal Zubeir Wako when the Cardinal retires, resigns, is incapacitated, or dies. When and if he succeeds Cardinal Zubeir Wako, he could, possibly, be named a Cardinal himself once Cardinal Zubeir Wako either dies or reaches the age of 80 and is no longer able to vote in a papal conclave.