First-ever cardinal appointed for Tonga

File photo of Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi of Tonga, who was one of 20 new cardinals named by Pope Francis

Cardinal-designate Soane Mafi of Tonga.

Cardinal-designate Soane Mafi of Tonga.

Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi of Tonga, an archipelago nation in the southern Pacific Ocean, arrives for the opening session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in this Oct. 6, 2014, file photo. Bishop Mafi, 53, was one of 20 new cardinals named by Pope Francis. (CNS photoPaul Haring) See CARDINALS-CONSISTORY Jan. 4, 2015.

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