A new Head of the Catholic Church in Africa has been elected

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The election took place in Accra, Ghana, during the 19th Plenary Assembly of SECAM, whereby 130 participants, including cardinals and bishops representing over 600 catholic bishops of Africa came from all corners of the continent.

The new President succeeds His Eminence Philippe Cardinal Ouédraogo from Burkina Faso.

Another Cardinal, His Eminence Fridolin Besungu Ambongo of the Archdiocese of Kinshasha, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was elected First Vice-President, while Most Rev. Lucio Andrice Muandula of the Diocese of Xai Xai, in Mozambique, was elected Second Vice President.

The new President of SECAM, His Eminence Richard Kuuia Baawobr, was created a Cardinal on May 29, 2022 by Pope Francis and will be officially installed Cardinal on August 27, 2022.

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This is the first time since the establishment of SECAM, 53 years ago that a Ghanaian has been elected the President of SECAM.

The SECAM, established in 1969 in Kampala, Uganda during the visit of St. Pope Paul VI, was born out of the desire of African Catholic Bishops present at the Second Vatican Council to speak with one voice on matters pertaining to the Church in Africa.

The Symposium, headquartered in Accra, consists of eight regional associations:

– Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACEAC).

– Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central African Region (ACERAC).

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– Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt (AHCE).

– Association of Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa (AMECEA).

– Episcopal Conferences of the Indian Ocean (CEDOI).

– Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (CERNA).

– Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA).

– Reunion of Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA/CERAO).

More information about the 19th Plenary Assembly of the SECAM: https://bit.ly/3yIv8KD

Signed:

Most Rev. Emmanuel A. Badejo

President, Pan-African Episcopal Committee

for Social Communications (CEPACS-SECAM)

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