The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Richard Baawobr, M. Afr. bishop-elect of Wa Diocese. Bishop-Elect Richard Baawobr takes over from Most Rev. Paul Bemile who has reached the canonical retirement age.
SOME DETAILS OF BISHOP-ELECT RICHARD BAAWOBR, M.far.
The new bishop for Wa, Rev. Dr. Richard K. Baawobr, M. Afr., was born in 1959. He is a priest member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, popularly known as “White Fathers” because of their habit. He studied Philosophy in Ghana, Spirituality in Switzerland, Theology at the Missionary Institute of London.After his priestly ordination, he worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo then studied Bible at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome) before teaching in Tanzania and at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic Institute of Toulouse (France). He obtained a Doctorate in Biblical Theology from the latter with a Thesis entitled “Quand Jésus prend la parole. Identité du Maître et naissance du disciple en Luc 4,16-30” (2004). He has published commentaries on the Sunday Gospels (Years A B C) and on the Second Reading of Sundays for Christian Communities (Years A B C) and Guidelines for Facilitators for Bible Study and Sharing Groups. He has also published articles in other scientific journals.Since 2004 he has been serving on the General Council of the Missionaries of Africa, first of all as Vicar General and since 2010 as Superior General. This has enabled him to measure the vitality of the Church in different parts of the world and the impact of the renewal that Vatican II brought in terms of the way Mission is conceived and lived by our members and other Missionary Institutes.
SOME DETAILS OF BISHOP-ELECT RICHARD BAAWOBR, M.far.
The new bishop for Wa, Rev. Dr. Richard K. Baawobr, M. Afr., was born in 1959. He is a priest member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, popularly known as “White Fathers” because of their habit. He studied Philosophy in Ghana, Spirituality in Switzerland, Theology at the Missionary Institute of London.After his priestly ordination, he worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo then studied Bible at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome) before teaching in Tanzania and at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic Institute of Toulouse (France). He obtained a Doctorate in Biblical Theology from the latter with a Thesis entitled “Quand Jésus prend la parole. Identité du Maître et naissance du disciple en Luc 4,16-30” (2004). He has published commentaries on the Sunday Gospels (Years A B C) and on the Second Reading of Sundays for Christian Communities (Years A B C) and Guidelines for Facilitators for Bible Study and Sharing Groups. He has also published articles in other scientific journals.Since 2004 he has been serving on the General Council of the Missionaries of Africa, first of all as Vicar General and since 2010 as Superior General. This has enabled him to measure the vitality of the Church in different parts of the world and the impact of the renewal that Vatican II brought in terms of the way Mission is conceived and lived by our members and other Missionary Institutes.
