Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu has been in the priesthood for almost 50 years, serving first as a teacher and theologian, then as the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), the Bishop of Johannesburg, and finally the Archbishop of Cape Town. Tutu led a formidable crusade for justice and racial conciliation in South Africa. His tireless work was recognized in 1984, when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. While his vigorous anti-apartheid activism in his native South Africa first propelled him into the glare of international news media, today Desmond Tutu is revered as a moral voice and someone who speaks with gravitas on a range of issues. While he is an Anglican Archbishop emeritus and thus unflinching in his religious beliefs, Tutu also places great value on religious inclusiveness and interfaith dialogue.