Ouagadougou: Monsignor Julien Kaboré (56 years old) was appointed this Saturday, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana by Pope Francis, reports the online newspaper lefaso.net.
A press release from the Burkina-Niger episcopal conference, relayed by lefaso.net, specifies that Monsignor Julien Kaboré was named at the same time titular Archbishop of Milevum (Algeria) and will be ordained bishop at a later date.
Burkina Faso Information Agency
– PRESS RELEASE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MGR JULIEN KABORÉ AS APOSTOLIC NUNCCE TO GHANA
This June 29, 2024, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, appointed Mgr Julien KABORÉ Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana. At the same time, he was named titular Archbishop of Milevum (Algeria) and will be ordained bishop at a later date.
Mgr Julien KABORÉ was born in Zorgo, Burkina Faso, on June 18, 1968. He was ordained priest on July 8, 1995 and is incardinated in the Archdiocese of Koupela in Burkina Faso.
Mgr Julien Kaboré holds a license in dogmatic theology and a doctorate in canon law.
He began
the diplomatic service of the Holy See on July 1, 2004 and served in the apostolic nunciatures in Kenya, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Costa Rica, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, in Croatia, Trinidad and Tobago, the Philippines and Ireland.
The first Burkinabé ecclesiastic appointed to the office of Apostolic Nuncio, Mgr Julien KABORÉ speaks fluent Italian, English, French and Spanish, with knowledge of Swahili, Korean, Croatian and Tagalog.
The Burkina-Niger Episcopal Conference already presents its warm congratulations to the elected Nuncio!
Source: Burkina Information Agency