Georges Fonghoro

Styles of
Georges Fonghoro
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style none

Georges Fonghoro (June 30, 1958 – September 22, 2016) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mopti.[1]

Life

Born in Yele a Dogon village in 1958 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. During his tenure as diocesan bishop he supported the construction of a Catholic hospital.[2]

References

  1. ↑ From Catholic hierarchy website
  2. ↑ From an Italian website
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