Clément Cailleau

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(27 July 1923 – 21 July 2011) was a French-born

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. Cailleau served as the

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of what is now the

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in Senegal from 13 August 1970 until 24 April 1986. Tambacounda was elevated to a full

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in 1989. Cailleau was born in

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, on 27 July 1923. He was ordained a

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of the Holy Ghost Fathers on 1 October 1950. He died as the prefect emeritus of Tambacounda on 21 July 2011, at the age of 87.

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1923 births 2011 deaths Holy Ghost Fathers French Roman Catholic bishops in Africa People from Maine-et-Loire People from Tambacounda Region 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Senegal Roman Catholic bishops of Tambacounda French expatriates in Senegal {{France-reli-bio-stub