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Desmond Mpilo Boy Tutu Biography and Timeline

Follow Desmond Mpilo Boy Tutu through 2 dated historical records for South Africa.

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Desmond Mpilo Boy Tutu, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records

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1984–1986Years on this page

1984

10 December 1984

Nobel Prize

Bishop of Johannesburg · Oslo · Religion / Church of South Africa

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, for work against apartheid

1986

Archbishop

Archbishop of South Africa · Religion / Church of South Africa

Appointed Archbishop of the Church of South Africa

Records, sources and methodology

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