Jean-Gabriel Diarra (12 July 1945 – 28 October 2019) was a Malian
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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bishop.
Diarra was born in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
and was ordained to the priesthood in 1972. He served as bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of San
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San (Latin: (sis), French: ''Diocèse catholique romain de San'') is a diocese located in the city of San in the Ecclesiastical province of Bamako in Mali.
History
* April 10, 1962: Established as Mission “sui iu ...
, Mali, from 1987 until his death in 2019.
Diocese of San
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1945 births
2019 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mali
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mali
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Roman Catholic bishops of San
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