Ambroise Ouédraogo
Ambroise Ouédraogo | |
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Institut Catholique de Paris | |
| Motto | Tout est Grâce |
Ambroise Ouédraogo (born 15 December 1948) is the
bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Maradi in Niger. He was appointed in 2001 as the first bishop of this new diocese, one of two dioceses in Niger. He has organised a structure of administration and ministry, with a focus on dialogue with the Islamic
majority in the area which has less than 1% Christians.
Life
Ouédraogo was born at
Institut Catholique de Paris.[1]
Ouédraogos was ordained as
CSsR, bishop of Niamey.[2]
He became bishop of the new
Diocese of Maradi[3] on 13 March 2001.[2] He chose the motto "Everything is grace".[4] In the diocese, he created new structures of administration and ministry, for its area which is twice as large as Germany.[5] He focused on a dialogue with Islam[4] in a region where less than 1% of the population are Christians,[3] in a context where the peaceful relationship were interrupted in January 2015 by violence against Christian locations in Miamey and Maradi, following the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris.[3][6] More than 70 churches were attacked.[3] The bishop has travelled to Europe, especially to Germany where groups including Missio and Caritas support projects in his diocese, to raise awareness of the situation in his diocese.[5]
References
- ^ "Mgr Ambroise Ouédraogo". Catholic Church of Niger (in French). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ a b "bishop/bouea". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
- ^ a b c d "Niger: 'They may have guns, but we have Jesus!'". zenit.org. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Ambroise Ouédraogo". Memim Encyclopedia. 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Diocese of Regensburg(in German). 28 February 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Furcht vor neuer Gewalt / Bischof aus Niger über Lage der Christen in dem afrikanischen Land". kirche-in-not.de (in German). 16 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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