Georges Fonghoro (June 30, 1958 – September 22, 2016) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mopti
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mopti ( la, Moptien(sis), French: ''Diocèse catholique romain de Mopti'') is a diocese located in the city of Mopti in the Ecclesiastical province of Bamako in Mali. After the death of bishop Georges Fonghoro, the ...
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Life
Born in 1958 in the
Dogon village of Yele, he was educated in the
seminary of
Bamako and ordained priest in 1987 for the diocese of Mopti. From 1996 to 2000 he studied in
Italy then he was named by Pope
John Paul II bishop of
Mopti
Mopti ( Bambara: ߡߏߕߌ tr. Moti) is a town and an urban commune in the Inner Niger Delta region of Mali. The town is the capital of the Mopti Cercle and the Mopti Region. Situated 630 km northeast of Bamako, the town lies at the conflue ...
. During his tenure as diocesan bishop he supported the construction of a Catholic hospital.
From an Italian website
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References
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1958 births
2016 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mali
Dogon people
People from Mopti Region
Roman Catholic bishops of Mopti