DESMOND TUTÚ

By :Elena Raya Domingo

María de Diego SacristánPatricia Jimeno Escobar

INTRODUCTIONDesmond Mpilo Tutú was born on the 7th of October in the 1931. Is a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid.

PERSONAL LIFEIn 1997, Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent successful treatment in the US. He subsequently became patron of the South African Prostate Cancer Foundation, which was established in 1972.

Tutu returned to the UK, where he was appointed vice-director of the Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches, at Bromley in Kent. He returned to South Africa in 1975 and was appointed Dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg 2007 .

EARLY LIFEDesmond Mpilo Tutu was born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal.

Tutu's family moved to Johannesburg when he was twelve.

Here he met Trevor Huddleston, who was a parish priest in the black slum

of Sophiatown.

Although Tutu wanted to become a doctor, his family could not afford training, and he followed his father's footsteps into teaching. However, he resigned following the passage of the Bantu Education Act in protest of the poor educational prospects for black South Africans.

In 1960 was ordained as an Anglican priest following in the footsteps of his mentor and fellow activist, Trevor Huddleston.

Tutu then travelled to King's College London, (1962–1966), where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in theology. During this time he worked as a part-time curateIn 1972, Tutu returned to the UK, where he was appointed vice-director of the Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches, at Bromley in Kent. He returned to South Africa in 1975 and was appointed Dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg