Pictured above: Mass on Saturday 14 September 2024 at the Vatican, attended by Bishop Job KOO YOBI of South Korea, as well as Father Armando Pasqualotto (General Director of the Prado Institute of Priests) and his compatriot, Father Joseph Nikiema (Counsellor and formator at Prado Général) – ©Photos Prado Général
Bishop Julien Kaboré, the first Burkinabe nuncio, was ordained a bishop during the Mass on Saturday 14 September 2024 chaired by the Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See since 2013 and principal consecrator.
He was ordained a bishop in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, in the presence of numerous delegations from around the world and representatives from Ghana, where he will now serve as Apostolic Nuncio. Surrounded by his family and friends, Bishop Julien Kaboré also recalled that his country, Burkina Faso, was going through difficult times and needed peace and security.
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