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Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid (History of South Africa in the Apartheid Era). In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu was the first black South African Anglican (Anglicanism) Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate (Primate (religion)) of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa). Tutu is vocal in his defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. Tutu also campaigns to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, homophobia, poverty and racism. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Tutu has also compiled several books of his speeches and sayings. Tutu was inducted into the Golden Key International Honour Society as an Honorary Member in 2001, by the University of Stellenbosch.
Honorific-prefix: The Most Reverend
Archbishop Of: Archbishop ''Emeritus'' of Cape Town
Province: Anglican Church of Southern Africa
See: Cape Town (Anglican Diocese of Cape Town) (retired)
Enthroned: 1986
Ended: 1996
Ordination: 1960 as Priest
Other Post: Bishop of Lesotho (Lesotho),Bishop of Johannesburg,Archbishop of Cape Town
Date of birth: 1931-10-07
Birth Location: Klerksdorp, Transvaal Province, Western Transvaal, South Africa (1931-Present)
Predceded by: Philip Welsford Richmond Russell
Succeeded by: Njongonkulu Ndungane